Timewatch · SEASON 18
The Spies Who Fooled Hitler: MI5 at War
Episode 9 · 1999-10-02

- Documentary
Episode overview
The series returns. Captured German spies were turned into double agents and used by MI5 to deceive Hitler during the Second World War. Newly released MI5 documents and interviews with former members of MI5 and its top-secret interrogation centre, Camp 020, tell how the double agents played a crucial role in the Normandy landings.
50 minutes
Season 18 episodes
1. Grey Owl: The Great White Hoax1999-04-17
2. The Crossing1999-04-24
3. Tales from the Oklahoma Land Runs1999-05-01
4. The Lost Temple of Java1999-05-08
5. Sleeping with the Enemy1999-05-22
6. Before the Titanic1999-05-29
7. The Forgotten Volunteers1999-06-05
8. Letting the Genie out of the Bottle1999-06-26
9. The Spies Who Fooled Hitler: MI5 at War1999-10-02
10. Ivan the Terrible1999-11-06
11. Tales of the Eiffel Tower1999-11-20
12. A Very British Mutiny1999-12-04