Spymasters: The Great Spy Writers

📊 Series Specifications

Network Sky Arts
Episode Runtime ~ min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 4
Original Language EN

Spymasters: The Great Spy Writers (2026)

⭐ Not Rated Yet 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 4 Episodes 🏷️ 📡 Returning Series
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Series Status:

Currently airing weekly on international broadcast networks.

Returning Series

Synopsis

Explores the lives, works, and secrets of some of the most brilliant spy authors in literature

Seasons & Episodes

E1 ‎Kipling To Graham Greene

The world of spies and spymasters is explored, featuring authors from Rudyard Kipling to John Buchan and clips from 'The Ipcress File'.

E2 ‎Alistair Maclean To John le Carré

Cold War storytelling comes alive with Forsyth, MacLean and le Carré, with iconic scenes from 'The Third Man' and more.

E3 ‎Ian Fleming To James Bond

Ian Fleming's remarkable life, James Bond's effect on literature and film and Bond's influence on actual intelligence.

E4 ‎Len Deighton To Mick Herron

A look at recent intelligence history, from the defection of Oleg Gordievsky to the killing of Osama bin Laden.