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Spybrary Spy Podcast

Spooks/MI5 Spy TV Show Review - Spy Rewind (172)

Jan 31, 2022
01:24:00

In this episode of Spy Rewind Matthew and Jeff take a look at the episode "I Spy Apocalypse" of the early 2000’s tv show called Spooks in the UK and MI5 in the US.

They discuss how the show helped revive the tv spy, why VX gas is so nasty and you should avoid being trapped in with your officemates at the end of the world. Plus Jeff reveals what he thinks is a hidden connection between the show and HBO’s Succession! All that and more in this episode of the Spybrary Spy Podcast.

Mentioned on the show - 

Spooks/MI5 wiki page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spooks_(TV_series) 

Streaming on Britbox in the US or BBC iPlayer in the UK.

An oral history on Spooks - https://www.empireonline.com/spooks/part1.html 

The two Mr. Darcy’s spy movie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mincemeat_(film) 

Matthew’s Website - https://doubleosection.blogspot.com/ 

Matthew’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/DoubleOSection 

Jeff’s Website - https://spywrite.com/ 

Jeff on Twitter - https://twitter.com/spywrite 

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