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Redwood by Ben Macintyre review – a superbly wrought tale of cold war defection

This story of Soviet agent and his MI6 handler in revolutionary Iran is a page-turning masterpiece

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16

Espionage, true crime and war: Baillie Gifford longlist revealed

Patrick Radden Keefe, Ben Macintyre and the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins are among the 13 authors selected for the nonfiction award

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2

Danny Dyer lands key role in Channel 4 true crime thriller

The six-part series depicts the 1980 siege of the Iranian embassy in London

The Independent UK · Feb 13

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Danny Dyer stars in new ‘heart-stopping’ series about Iranian embassy siege in South Kensington

The former EastEnders actor will star in Channel 4’s TV adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s The Siege, with Sherwood actor David Morrissey

Evening Standard · Feb 13

The Siege by Ben Macintyre review – enthralling account of the Iranian embassy hostage crisis

In the most gripping study to date of the real-life 1980 drama, the bestselling author of A Spy Among Friends unravels the complexity of an event that saw the SAS gatecrash live TV and made Mrs Thatcher a national heroine

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2024

I love history programmes. But there’s one trend that makes my blood boil …

If something happened centuries ago, let’s talk about it as if it happened centuries ago – not as if it was going on right now, says Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023

A Spy Among Friends: release date, cast, interviews, plot, trailer, first looks and all about the espionage drama

A Spy Among Friends stars Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce in an espionage thriller based on a true story of treachery during the Cold War.

WhatToWatch · Jul 8, 2023

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SAS Rogue Heroes season 2: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know

SAS Rogue Heroes season 2 will see Paddy Mayne and his men take the war to mainland Europe

WhatToWatch · May 15, 2023

Meet the hidden genius behind wartime gadgets

The true brilliance behind the design of wartime gizmos is hard to conceal.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 23, 2023

Telling the tale of two spies: Ben Macintyre and Alexander Cary Q&A

ITVX drama A Spy Among Friends, starring Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis, throws new light on the Kim Philby affair via his friendship with (and brutal betrayal of) fellow MI6 agent Nicholas Elliott. Here writer Adam Smith talks to executive producer Alexander Carey and author Ben Macintyre (whose book the…

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

A Spy Among Friends review: ITVX’s big-budget adaptation is like a slug of hot mulled wine

Guy Pearce and Damien Lewis star in the inside story of the capture of Soviet double-agent

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

A Spy Among Friends review – don’t take your eyes off this star-packed espionage thriller

Guy Pearce is a charismatic traitor, Damian Lewis is an enigma and Anna Maxwell Martin carries along a fabulous drama that’s full of excitement – if a tad stuffy

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

BBC's SAS Rogue Heroes full cast list, how many episodes and whether the drama is based on a true story

Sex Education's Connor Swindells, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Allen and Sofia Boutella star in Steven Knight's new drama SAS Rogue Heroes

Wales Online · Oct 30, 2022

Peter Frankopan to Mira Nair — storytellers in focus in the Maldives

As vacation season continues, six celebrated creatives share their plans to refresh both mind and body, and reveal what they are working on

The Hindu · Jun 4, 2022

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Tribune News Service · May 18, 2022

Critics' guide on what to watch this weekend

'Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2022

The week in audio: Time Flies; RadioMan; Truthdiggers; The Spying Game; You, Me and the Big C

Two brothers wind up in Cuckooland; Audible’s new whodunnit is one you’ll want headphones for; and Deborah James bids a brave farewell

Daily Mirror · May 11, 2022

Operation Mincemeat Netflix: Bizarre true story of how a corpse fooled Hitler

Operation Mincemeat is a daring tale of wartime intrigue and deception. A film starring Colin Firth looks into the top-secret World War 2 operation that helped changed the course of the war

Chicago Sun-Times · May 5, 2022

‘Operation Mincemeat’: A dead body dupes the Nazis in stylish film that’s sometimes heavy, sometimes crazy

The changes in tone work as a British officer (Colin Firth) uses a ridiculous plan to save thousands of lives.

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Wales Online · May 2, 2022

The incredible true story behind the body of a Welsh man that fooled Hitler

The Hollywood film Operation Mincemeat tells the story of the deception effort to keep plans for the Allied Invasion of Sicily in 1943 a secret

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2022

Operation Mincemeat review – Blimpish take on Ben Macintyre’s spy thriller

Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen and Kelly Macdonald provide some ballast in John Madden’s overburdened adaptation

Manchester Evening News · Apr 14, 2022

When is the Operation Mincemeat release date and will it be available on Netflix?

Based on an extraordinary true story, Operation Mincemeat is about a British intelligence plot to trick Hitler using the corpse of a homeless man

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2022

Operation Mincemeat: the startling story of deception that fooled Hitler and helped win the war

A new film and play about a startling allied deception resonate at a time when conflict and propaganda haunt Europe again

Daily Mirror · Feb 12, 2022

World War II homeless body deception plot dreamt up by Bond writer Ian Fleming

When the corpse of a homeless man, dressed as a Royal Marines major with a case loaded with secret papers, was planted in shallow water, it fooled German agents and changed the course of the war

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