Spycraft

The spy game is a serious business, and throughout history, the tools and technologies developed for it have mattered as much as the spies themselves.

Documentary

War & Politics

Spycraft

The spy game is a serious business, and throughout history, the tools and technologies developed for it have mattered as much as the spies themselves.

Documentary

War & Politics

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First Aired on: Jan 20, 2021
Popularity: 14.1649: 96 votes
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Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 8 episodes

Season 1

Aired 4 years ago

8 Episodes

Episode 1High-Tech Surveillance and an Eye in the Sky29 min
In the spy game, if you can listen, you can learn, and gaining that crucial ability to eavesdrop has required some deeply creative ingenuity.
Episode 2Deadly Poisons31 min
For some covert missions, the goal is not information, but assassination, and lethal toxins have been deployed by spy agencies to kill perceived foes.
Episode 3Sexspionage33 min
As long as there has been espionage, sex and the promise of it have been powerful tools of persuasion and blackmail — practices that continue today.
Episode 4Clandestine Collection36 min
Methods for covertly capturing sensitive data have grown infinitely more advanced as the devices used to do so have become exponentially smaller.
Episode 5Covert Communication33 min
From old-school "dead drops" to high-tech digital transfers: Learn how intelligence officers actually acquire the information collected by sources.