Churchill’s Secret Agents: The New Recruits

Shown first on the $$C in and now availaDle via streaming service 0etflix, this immersive history series sees

14 modern ‘time-travellers’ apply to 1940s spy school. Those selected will undergo intensive training, from lock-picking to working with explosives, to prove that they have what it takes to be an undercover agent in occupied Second World War Europe. Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) trained thousands of everyday men and women to go behind enemy lines and risk their lives, and some of their real missions and personalities are featured in this entertaining five part documentary.

Susanne Frank Art editor