Timewatch · SEASON 16
The Gentlemen Spies
Episode 11 · 1997-11-18
- Documentary
Episode overview
The first secret documents released by MI5 to the Public Records Office cover its establishment by the mysterious Vernon Kell, code-named "K", in 1909, and the fight to counter the German spy threat during the First World War. Timewatch goes behind the scenes at MI5 and features interviews with early members of the clandestine organisation.
50 minutes
Season 16 episodes
1. Love Story1997-02-25
2. Before Columbus1997-03-04
3. Secret Memories1997-03-11
4. The Boer War: The First Media War1997-03-18
5. Birth Story1997-03-25
6. Forgotten Allies1997-04-01
7. Back to the Iron Age1997-04-18
8. The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai1997-10-28
9. Lords of the Maya1997-11-04
10. Alison: A Personal History1997-11-11
11. The Gentlemen Spies1997-11-18
12. The African Trade1997-11-25
13. Lenin's Secret Files1997-12-02
14. Remember the Ugandan Asians1997-12-09
15. In Search of Cleopatra1997-12-16
