60 acast.com Spy Cities https://www.spycities.com en Gareth Price-Lewis Spy ,Thriller,Travel,History,Funny,Informative,Real-Life Stories,Espionage Chatterbox Audio https://www.spycities.com/ Membership is informal. Discretion is not.


In this on-location series, Angus Blair and David Ludlow take you inside the real rooms where espionage history was made — the corner tables, hotel suites, smoky clubs and quiet side streets where spies exchanged envelopes and empires quietly shifted.


These are not fictional thrillers. These are the real stories of charming traitors, elegant double agents and the cities that made them.


New city. New spy. Same bad behaviour.


Meet us in the lobby.

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]]> Membership is informal. Discretion is not.


In this on-location series, Angus Blair and David Ludlow take you inside the real rooms where espionage history was made — the corner tables, hotel suites, smoky clubs and quiet side streets where spies exchanged envelopes and empires quietly shifted.


These are not fictional thrillers. These are the real stories of charming traitors, elegant double agents and the cities that made them.


New city. New spy. Same bad behaviour.


Meet us in the lobby.

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]]> false Gareth Price-Lewis info+6a170c2a30535b3e187675cf@mg-eu.acast.com 6a170c2a30535b3e187675cf spy-cities episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1779894679012-39f4a051-4b3f-4dd5-8459-9c2e5650fba1.jpeg https://www.spycities.com Spy Cities Spy Cities: London Part Two Spy Cities: London Part Two Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT 48:38 6a6767a7c02856ded18f222f false https://www.spycities.com 6a6767a7c02856ded18f222f 6a170c2a30535b3e187675cf spy-cities-london-part-two The Cambridge Five full 1 6 LONDON: THE DOWNFALL OF THE CAMBRIDGE FIVE


75 years on from the flight of Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess to the Soviet Union, we follow their alcohol fuelled final days in London. From upmarket hotels to station bars; from sophisticated gentlemen's clubs to louche night clubs. A tale of conspicuous consumption...



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]]> LONDON: THE DOWNFALL OF THE CAMBRIDGE FIVE


75 years on from the flight of Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess to the Soviet Union, we follow their alcohol fuelled final days in London. From upmarket hotels to station bars; from sophisticated gentlemen's clubs to louche night clubs. A tale of conspicuous consumption...



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]]> Spy Cities: Berlin Spy Cities: Berlin Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT 50:34 6a2ae195479dfe546fab5369 false https://www.spycities.com 6a2ae195479dfe546fab5369 6a170c2a30535b3e187675cf spy-cities-berlin The City Cut in Two full 1 5 BERLIN: COLD WAR TECHNICAL ESPIONAGE HUB


Our first – but certainly not last – visit to Berlin takes us underground, to the telecom taps betrayed by double agent George Blake; underwater, as British divers wrestle to recover secrets from a crashed Soviet jet; and high above the city to the Teufelsberg listening station.



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]]> BERLIN: COLD WAR TECHNICAL ESPIONAGE HUB


Our first – but certainly not last – visit to Berlin takes us underground, to the telecom taps betrayed by double agent George Blake; underwater, as British divers wrestle to recover secrets from a crashed Soviet jet; and high above the city to the Teufelsberg listening station.



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]]> Spy Cities: Washington Spy Cities: Washington Wed, 15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT 51:38 6a2a7e66438158000bccd481 false https://www.spycities.com 6a2a7e66438158000bccd481 6a170c2a30535b3e187675cf spy-cities-washington Traitors in the Capitol full 1 4 WASHINGTON DC: INTO THE WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS


Former CIA case officer turned intelligence historian Professor David Gioe joins us to uncover the secret side of Washington DC. Bringing an insider's perspective, he takes us to locations where some of America's most notorious traitors sold out their country.



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]]> WASHINGTON DC: INTO THE WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS


Former CIA case officer turned intelligence historian Professor David Gioe joins us to uncover the secret side of Washington DC. Bringing an insider's perspective, he takes us to locations where some of America's most notorious traitors sold out their country.



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]]> Spy Cities: Istanbul Spy Cities: Istanbul Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT 38:50 6a2a75d785cf45e0eb717aaa false https://www.spycities.com 6a2a75d785cf45e0eb717aaa 6a170c2a30535b3e187675cf spy-cities-istanbul The Crossroads full 1 3 ISTANBUL: SPIES AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD


Byzantium. Constantinople. Stamboul. Istanbul. A city with many names to match its long history. Straddling Europe and Asia, spies have competed in the city over millennia. As we discover, rival empires have left their stamp on both espionage fact and fiction.



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]]> ISTANBUL: SPIES AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD


Byzantium. Constantinople. Stamboul. Istanbul. A city with many names to match its long history. Straddling Europe and Asia, spies have competed in the city over millennia. As we discover, rival empires have left their stamp on both espionage fact and fiction.



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]]> Spy Cities: Lisbon Spy Cities: Lisbon Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT 49:12 6a29621f3f4eb34728a67d34 false https://www.spycities.com 6a29621f3f4eb34728a67d34 6a170c2a30535b3e187675cf spy-cities-lisbon Everyone’s Last Stop full 1 2 LISBON 1940: THE WINDSORS - A DEADLY FARCE


Intelligence historian, and well known local guide, Marisa Filipe joins us to explore the story of a top secret tug of war between Hitler and Churchill in neutral Portugal. We follow in the footsteps of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, plus their German, British and Portuguese watchers. And enjoy a cocktail in a hotel frequented by Ian Fleming which would later feature in a Bond movie.



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]]> LISBON 1940: THE WINDSORS - A DEADLY FARCE


Intelligence historian, and well known local guide, Marisa Filipe joins us to explore the story of a top secret tug of war between Hitler and Churchill in neutral Portugal. We follow in the footsteps of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, plus their German, British and Portuguese watchers. And enjoy a cocktail in a hotel frequented by Ian Fleming which would later feature in a Bond movie.



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]]> Spy Cities: London Spy Cities: London Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT 37:01 6a2961ba7fe177e75b321bb3 false https://www.spycities.com 6a2961ba7fe177e75b321bb3 6a170c2a30535b3e187675cf spy-cities-london The home of the trade full 1 1 The Spying Starts Here


Where the modern game was invented and professionalised.


Our first visit to London focuses on the origins of the British intelligence agencies - MI5, MI6 and GCHQ - in the early 20th century. Mansfield Cumming - the original 'C' - and Vernon Kell take the helm at the Secret Service Bureau as spy mania mounts in the United Kingdom. We'll be back in London before too long!



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]]> The Spying Starts Here


Where the modern game was invented and professionalised.


Our first visit to London focuses on the origins of the British intelligence agencies - MI5, MI6 and GCHQ - in the early 20th century. Mansfield Cumming - the original 'C' - and Vernon Kell take the helm at the Secret Service Bureau as spy mania mounts in the United Kingdom. We'll be back in London before too long!



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]]> Spy Cities: Trailer Spy Cities: Trailer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:11:42 GMT 1:54 6a298cbf518f9f10eb89eec5 false https://www.spycities.com 6a298cbf518f9f10eb89eec5 6a170c2a30535b3e187675cf spy-cities-trailer trailer 1 We’re Angus Blair and David Ludlow. We met at Cambridge at a time when a discreet chat over a sherry with a well connected tutor or an intriguing letter in your pigeon hole were still key entry points to the secret world.


We chose a safer life… and then decided to spend it retracing the footsteps of people who didn’t.


In this series, we’re travelling to the world’s great espionage capitals visiting the real bars, hotels, safe houses and backstreets where spies lied, flirted, betrayed and occasionally changed history.


From the Cambridge Five to Mata Hari, from double agents to double-crosses we’re meeting them where it all happened.


Pull up a chair. Just don’t say who sent you.

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]]> We’re Angus Blair and David Ludlow. We met at Cambridge at a time when a discreet chat over a sherry with a well connected tutor or an intriguing letter in your pigeon hole were still key entry points to the secret world.


We chose a safer life… and then decided to spend it retracing the footsteps of people who didn’t.


In this series, we’re travelling to the world’s great espionage capitals visiting the real bars, hotels, safe houses and backstreets where spies lied, flirted, betrayed and occasionally changed history.


From the Cambridge Five to Mata Hari, from double agents to double-crosses we’re meeting them where it all happened.


Pull up a chair. Just don’t say who sent you.

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