Season 1

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Thomas Cromwell

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/2015

  The wily characters from history who pulled strings in the shadows. Thomas Cromwell's cloak-and-dagger work helped steer Henry VIII through his troubles with Rome and several wives.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Sir Francis Walsingham

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/23/2015

  History's scheming spymasters in profile. The six-part series focuses on the remarkable cunning of Francis Walsingham, whose spy network foiled many plots against Queen Elizabeth I.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Robert Cecil

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/30/2015

  Robert Cecil was a formidable political operator, whose extraordinary web of informers helped to foil the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Cardinal Richelieu

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/2015

  Profiles of the super snoopers who blazed a trail in espionage. As Louis XIII's diabolical chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu was feared and hated thanks to his complex spy network.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Zofia Potocka and Mata Hari

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/2015

  History's most notorious covert operatives. The astonishing tale of Zofia Potocka, the beautiful lover of Grigory Potemkin who ran a successful spy network in the Russo-Turkish War.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Elizabeth Van Leew

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2015

  The early innovators of intelligence. The American Civil War was notable for its female spymasters. Elizabeth van Lew's effective network even smuggled out messages in hollow eggs.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A