TV series
Spy Ops
Overview
Intelligence operatives from MI6 to the CIA share insider stories of spy craft, Cold War campaigns, and coups carried out by covert agents.
Details
- First air date
- 2023-09-08
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 8 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary, Crime
- Network
- Netflix
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Episodes
Episode 1: Operation Jawbreaker
Just fifteen days after September 11th, 2001, CIA operatives land in Afghanistan with suitcases full of cash and a mission to dismantle the Taliban.
Episode 2: Operation Just Cause
During the presidency of George H. W. Bush, the United States invades Panama to depose its de facto ruler, Manuel Noriega.
Episode 3: Operation Pimlico
A Soviet double agent requests extraction from Moscow. MI6 orchestrates a daring escapade to retrieve him before his cover is blown.
Episode 4: The Plot to Kill the Pope
A stunning testimony from a man who planned and attempted an assassination of Catholicism's highest figure, Pope John Paul II.
Episode 5: Operation Wrath of God (1)
Mossad carries out a covert assassination campaign targeting leaders of the Popular Front to Liberate Palestine, Fatah, and other Palestinian movements.
Episode 6: Operation Wrath of God (2)
Mossad continues its campaign of covert assassinations of Palestinian leaders, including car bombs and amphibious operations.
Episode 7: Taliban Spies
A look at how the US military's complex operations in Afghanistan required the collaboration of locals for cultural and strategic insights.
Episode 8: Project Azorian
At the height of the Cold War, the US military endeavors to recover a sunken Soviet submarine from the depths of the ocean floor.
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