Spycraft

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2021-01-20

Last Air Date: 2021-01-20

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 8

Networks: Netflix

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Top Cast

Dylan Berry as Narrator (voice)
Keith Melton as Self - Intelligence Historian and Author
Edward Snowden as Self
Siti Aisyah as Self
Doan Thi Huong as Self
Kim Jong-nam as Self
Kim Jong-un as Self
Kim Jong-il as Self
Vladimir Putin as Self
Marina Litvinenko as Self

Seasons

Season 1 (2021)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: High-Tech Surveillance and an Eye in the Sky (2021-01-20)

In the spy game, if you can listen, you can learn, and gaining that crucial ability to eavesdrop has required some deeply creative ingenuity.
Ep. 2: Deadly Poisons (2021-01-20)

For some covert missions, the goal is not information, but assassination, and lethal toxins have been deployed by spy agencies to kill perceived foes.
Ep. 3: Sexspionage (2021-01-20)

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.
Ep. 4: Clandestine Collection (2021-01-20)

Methods for covertly capturing sensitive data have grown infinitely more advanced as the devices used to do so have become exponentially smaller.
Ep. 5: Covert Communication (2021-01-20)

From old-school "dead drops" to high-tech digital transfers: Learn how intelligence officers actually acquire the information collected by sources.
Ep. 6: Special Ops and the Saboteur (2021-01-20)

Special ops require the very best people to execute them. But some of the most famous missions in modern history relied on elite technology as well.
Ep. 7: The Code Breakers (2021-01-20)

Encryption is a key tool for keeping valuable information secret — but some ingenious minds have managed to crack seemingly impenetrable codes.
Ep. 8: Recruiting the Perfect Spy (2021-01-20)

What leads someone to spy against their own nation? Motivations vary but tend to fall into one of four categories, as notorious cases demonstrate.