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Spy Wars with Damian Lewis: The Man Who Saved the World (Full Episode)

Smithsonian Channel
2020 ж. 14 Нау.
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At a time when the Cold War spying game was in full swing, Oleg Gordievsky was one of the KGB's rising stars...and biggest traitors. For years, he provided top-secret Russian intelligence to the British, but he is best remembered for risking his life in 1983 to pull the world back from the brink of nuclear annihilation. Presented by host Damian Lewis and backed by firsthand accounts by Gordievsky himself, we detail the spy's incredible career as a double agent and his gripping defection out of Russia.
From the Series: Spy Wars with Damian Lewis: The Man Who Saved the World bitly.com/2TrZY70

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  • Thank you Oleg Gordievsky, You have made the world a better place with your sacrifices. From my heart Sir!

    @mikeemery6741@mikeemery6741 Жыл бұрын

    • ya, Russia should also thank him for saving their country...........

      @groggg1962peeler@groggg1962peeler4 ай бұрын

  • They need to make a movie about Oleg Gordievsky. What a story!

    @currentaffairsanddocumenta9663@currentaffairsanddocumenta96633 жыл бұрын

    • leave it to the US run Smithsonian to only give limited access to productions like this online

      @CBielski87@CBielski873 жыл бұрын

    • Stanislav Lunev too

      @chrissinclair4442@chrissinclair44422 жыл бұрын

    • They did it's called spy games. He died

      @namelasname758@namelasname7582 жыл бұрын

    • @@Lakridza67 I guess you're referring to The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre. It is excellent.

      @davelack553@davelack5532 жыл бұрын

    • @@davelack553 I just finished the book yesterday. Absolutely chilling.

      @sherryt2711@sherryt27112 жыл бұрын

  • I love the dramatic way Damian Lewis was looking through miniature film and slapping papers on the desk! Like he's scanning top-secret material. And the single filing cabinet of course! 😂

    @Mongieboy@Mongieboy17 күн бұрын

  • Damian Lewis is an absolutely amazing actor, just unbelievable.

    @CharlesMartel676@CharlesMartel6763 жыл бұрын

    • They couldn't have picked a better person to narrate the story.

      @dttra566@dttra566 Жыл бұрын

  • I had NO IDEA Damian Lewis was British. His American accent in Band of Brothers naturally made me think he was American born. Well done, Major Winters!!

    @davidschmidt6013@davidschmidt60134 жыл бұрын

    • David Schmidt what Damian Lewis wasn’t in WW2!?!

      @Lucy-dk5cz@Lucy-dk5cz4 жыл бұрын

    • I mean, there are plenty of British Actors that can speak American English in movies and Shows.. like James McCavoy..

      @johnilarde8440@johnilarde84404 жыл бұрын

    • Eton educated as well, you know.

      @NigelCopy@NigelCopy4 жыл бұрын

    • @@NigelCopy and Liverpool supporter

      @karlanthonymargate7362@karlanthonymargate73623 жыл бұрын

    • You'd never make a spy.

      @dantaylor7344@dantaylor73443 жыл бұрын

  • This is, without a doubt, one of the best documentaries I have ever seen on the subject. Gordievsky is a great hero for the cause of freedom and peace, no matter what anyone says. And more importantly, I still can't believe that Damian Lewis has perfected accents as well as he has.

    @FredQuijada@FredQuijada3 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you VERY much sir. I was on active duty in the US armed forces during this, I am just one of the many lives you've saved. Stay safe

    @marksommerfeld1445@marksommerfeld14454 жыл бұрын

    • Mark Sommerfeld I, too, benefitted. Was a USAF officer during this time and deployed to Europe and Middle East.

      @craigmcdaniel5733@craigmcdaniel57334 жыл бұрын

    • I was a civilian, and I am also most grateful to you Mr Gordievsky. Thanks to you, myself and many billions of others had the chance to raise families rather than scrabble for scraps in a radioactive wasteland. Stay safe Sir.

      @johnmalone5693@johnmalone56934 жыл бұрын

    • I was a street dog, thank you Mr. Gordievsky

      @firstlastyoutube@firstlastyoutube4 жыл бұрын

    • Thank you.

      @Viper-py4pg@Viper-py4pg4 жыл бұрын

    • @@firstlastyoutube you still are

      @Iuttamkamboj@Iuttamkamboj4 жыл бұрын

  • Feels like Damien Lewis would change into Nicholas Brody anytime during the narration. Perfect man to narrate this excellent story.

    @babilabub@babilabub3 жыл бұрын

    • When I first saw him I was like "OF COURSE they got BRODY to narrate THIS"😆😆

      @statikcitten9@statikcitten93 жыл бұрын

    • And they had Kerry drive him through the borders.

      @david_kariuki@david_kariuki2 жыл бұрын

    • Homeland 😎 sometimes these actors end up taking the characters they depict. One thing i love about this documentary is the thorough research and delivery of events🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼

      @vomfejones1@vomfejones12 жыл бұрын

    • If you haven't seen it watch 'A Spy Amongst Friends'.

      @toms621@toms6213 ай бұрын

  • While this documentary outlines the very basics of the case, the real story and its details are fascinating. Ben Macintyre's book, 'The Spy And The Traitor' tells the full story and reads like a fictional spy-thriller! (Particularly the circumstances of his escape/extraction from the USSR to Finland, which was carried out not by MI6/SIS operatives but rather by ordinary British diplomats and their wives. And a baby!!!) Of course, as readers, we know that Oleg Gordievsky got out, however, reading the book, the reader says, "This is NEVER going to work!!!" xx SF

    @stevesandford1437@stevesandford14372 жыл бұрын

    • Yeah, after watching this I figured just hiding in the trunk was pretty lame, and obviously so. I read how they really hid him. Very clever.

      @serpentines6356@serpentines6356 Жыл бұрын

    • I was thinking to myself how could MI6 operatives be driving in diplomatic cars. That is in violation of diplomatic protocols. Ordinary British diplomats? Wow!

      @dttra566@dttra566 Жыл бұрын

    • @@serpentines6356 I need to buy that book.

      @dttra566@dttra566 Жыл бұрын

    • spy-thriller yes and teaches us so much ,as well along the way. Great read!

      @danblanchard1858@danblanchard1858 Жыл бұрын

    • This man put his principals above all else !. His family joined him later. What was he feeling in car boot to Finland ?. Will get book. Thanks all. Dave.

      @davidhewson8605@davidhewson86059 ай бұрын

  • I'm still amazed at the stories that happened under people's noses during the Cold War. Being born in the early 80's, I could never have imagined just how much of a tumultuous time I was living through.

    @mikemontgomery2654@mikemontgomery2654 Жыл бұрын

  • I love Damian Lewis! The guy has a great voice (really), and I’m sure this is why he’s made the show “Billions” so good.

    @funDAYsmiling@funDAYsmiling4 жыл бұрын

    • He is also in the war show “Band of brothers,” where he played Majors Winters from the 101st us airborne division. It’s a true story too!

      @JD-cn5yo@JD-cn5yo4 жыл бұрын

    • It's not the same without him

      @kimiwearsspectacles@kimiwearsspectacles Жыл бұрын

  • Mr Lewis one of the world's finest actors. Love him

    @ShoelessNomadThailand@ShoelessNomadThailand4 жыл бұрын

  • What a great time to be a spy. The Cold War could produce endless documentaries, movies and books. Fascinating time in our world history.

    @maximiliankolbe_NIN@maximiliankolbe_NIN2 жыл бұрын

    • I would never sell out my country, unless I was offered just one hour with my long passed Doberman Pinscher. Then I'd sell everything, even if it made us lose a World War. I wouldn't hesitate.

      @mwbright@mwbright Жыл бұрын

    • Ironically yes Fear of all fears

      @raulgil7389@raulgil738911 ай бұрын

    • Is Reencounter a good idea ?

      @raulgil7389@raulgil738911 ай бұрын

  • Damian's voice feels so peaceful to hear.

    @beck3740@beck37403 жыл бұрын

  • I would watch Damian Lewis mow a lawn. Love his acting.

    @KeylargoVideo@KeylargoVideo4 жыл бұрын

  • Great vid. My grandfather worked in Danish intelligence during the 60's, 70's, 80's. He never talked about his work but I do know that he specialized in Soviet matters - so he probably at least knew of this business and maybe more than that.

    @astromikael@astromikael4 жыл бұрын

    • Very cool.

      @annascott3542@annascott35424 жыл бұрын

    • Your grandfather might be my grandfather colleague in those days. He also worked with Danish intell agency... Ask your grandfather did he know or remember Lukas Mikkel. My grandfather now is nearly in his 80's i guess...

      @friendlychemist5587@friendlychemist5587 Жыл бұрын

  • What an unbelievably brave man, saved the entire world!

    @myriaddsystems@myriaddsystems4 жыл бұрын

    • This is one of three Russians who prevented the failure of the anti-war scheme called MAD. The others were Stanislav Petrov and Vasili Arkhipov.

      @jacksimpson-rogers1069@jacksimpson-rogers1069 Жыл бұрын

  • What a life this man has lived. The story is so fascinating.

    @swarajnikale8689@swarajnikale86892 жыл бұрын

  • Excellent presentation of a real life defection. A close British acquaintance was operating in Germany during this period, it is therefore reliving the experience with all the thrills & apprehension of things going wrong.

    @manishagangawala3921@manishagangawala39213 жыл бұрын

  • There was a mention of one other time nuclear war was averted in this film. Cuban missile crisis. A Soviet sub was spotted by our planes and ships and was told to surface and warned with depth charges. They had been out of touch and thought armeggedon had started and were going to launch before they were destroyed. 3keys to launch and 2 were in their slots with the captain demanding the 3rd. It was a political officer who held it and refused the captain. They surfaced to find the crisis was over and returned home without telling us until the Soviet collapse. The man was admonished and treated like a pariah. Died almost unknown. The Soviet Union was an an evil empire. Respect to Mr. Gorbiovsky and the unsung hero. Add them to Mankind's Hall of Fame.

    @nickdanger4795@nickdanger47952 жыл бұрын

    • Exactly

      @SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR Жыл бұрын

    • I recently read about him. Thank God, goodness, his instincts, his logic, his amazing gutsy resolve, all of it. Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov.

      @serpentines6356@serpentines6356 Жыл бұрын

    • Yes, and USA is the epitome of good and kindness, lol. The only country in the world that attacked cities with nuclear bombs.

      @reinadegrillos@reinadegrillos Жыл бұрын

    • @@reinadegrillos no Hiroshima if no pearl harbor first. We're no angels, but USSR was in a whole different level of wrong. Russia still exhibits some of the traits today. If we were going to destroy them, like they professed, their collapse was the golden opportunity. We didn't, but they still act like it's our goal.

      @nickdanger4795@nickdanger4795 Жыл бұрын

    • @@nickdanger4795 There is no country you have not invaded or meddled in it's politics, you are hated all over the world.

      @reinadegrillos@reinadegrillos Жыл бұрын

  • I just finished the book, The Spy and the Traitor. Very good, reads like a novel. I was a kid in 1985 and I was in Moscow at that time because my father was one of those youths who gathered for the 12 Democratic Youth Festival or something like that. I got goosebumps when I read it.

    @deifor@deifor4 жыл бұрын

    • i will buy this book. Are google play book have this book yet?

      @bundasnow6965@bundasnow69653 жыл бұрын

    • @@bundasnow6965 i got it on Amazon

      @deifor@deifor3 жыл бұрын

    • @@deifor thankyouuu

      @bundasnow6965@bundasnow69653 жыл бұрын

  • I miss his show Life. One of the best shows ever.

    @dakotachannel8142@dakotachannel81424 жыл бұрын

    • What was that?

      @andromaxbse6459@andromaxbse64594 жыл бұрын

    • Best work he has done or show written/plotted/directed.

      @chrissinclair4442@chrissinclair44422 жыл бұрын

  • Surely there is a movie about this story? What a real life hero

    @matthijs3134@matthijs3134 Жыл бұрын

  • Thank you very much for uploading the full episode.

    @Princeduclare@Princeduclare4 жыл бұрын

  • If you want a more accurate story of Gordievsky, read Ben MacIntyre's The Spy and the Traitor. It is like reading a thriller and provides a more accurate description of the the man and how he gave up a lifetime in the KGB to work for the British.

    @wandakowalski7063@wandakowalski70633 жыл бұрын

  • I still enjoy spy novels, 40 years after I left Germany, in 1981.

    @AECRADIO1@AECRADIO13 жыл бұрын

    • Numbers post?

      @chrissinclair4442@chrissinclair44422 жыл бұрын

    • Except this isn’t a spy novel, it’s the real McCoy.

      @bullwinklejmoos@bullwinklejmoos2 жыл бұрын

    • @@bullwinklejmoos we'll never know the truth, same thing. For all we know supposed apprehended spys where just making problems for people like Robert Maxwell, Leslie Wexner, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Leon Black, The Rothschild Family (Also first citizens of Terra Mar), Victoria's Secret, PINK, Harvard, Apollo Global Management, Terra Mar, Mossad, CIA, British Foreign Office Of The Crown...and the list goes on and on.

      @chrissinclair4442@chrissinclair44422 жыл бұрын

  • A mixture of trust , loyalty and bravery in a bizarre twist of sides

    @misteryummyearth1055@misteryummyearth10552 жыл бұрын

  • We absolutely LOVE this series! Please keep them coming!

    @KA-ChocolateGravy@KA-ChocolateGravy4 жыл бұрын

  • Thanks for saving the world sir Oleg. God bless.

    @SevenDeMagnus@SevenDeMagnus2 жыл бұрын

  • Damian voice is so peaceful to hear

    @toshitchoudhary9773@toshitchoudhary97733 жыл бұрын

  • One of the very best documentaries on espionage I have found on YT. You may be tempted to think it's fiction, a true-life thriller!

    @davidmativo9946@davidmativo9946 Жыл бұрын

  • Damian Lewis is just pleasing to look at.

    @thomas-sinkala@thomas-sinkala3 жыл бұрын

    • I want to be his biological Mother.

      @RasMajnouni@RasMajnouni3 жыл бұрын

  • This was better than most espionage movies and novels!

    @MuhammadAli-iw9jz@MuhammadAli-iw9jz4 жыл бұрын

    • The audiobook is 100x better. This only scratches the surface of the storey

      @Oliver-tm7jm@Oliver-tm7jm4 жыл бұрын

    • @@Oliver-tm7jm Where can I get the audiobook?

      @drake71000@drake710003 жыл бұрын

  • I just find it amazing at the fact that the man tasked with finding the source of the British informative was a KGB spy, almost as if this was straight out of a movie's storyline. When they first showed his picture I thought, something is up with this guy.

    @Flamester7TV@Flamester7TV3 жыл бұрын

    • One of the greatest ironies of all time from which neither British intelligence service really ever recovered from. Some innocent higher ups never shook the strain and stain of eventually being pulled in for interviews.

      @carolsimon9203@carolsimon92032 жыл бұрын

    • Don’t every try to tell me what to do

      @ross-lt4mc@ross-lt4mc Жыл бұрын

  • I absolutely LOVE the pre agreed sign he’d got to freedom. No words - just hearing the first strains of “Finlandia” ❤

    @CareelBay@CareelBay4 ай бұрын

  • This was a great series Smithsonian. DO MORE!

    @Falcon7001@Falcon7001 Жыл бұрын

  • This series is dope. I had to binge the whole thing.

    @gabrielkwiecinskiantunes8950@gabrielkwiecinskiantunes89504 жыл бұрын

  • “You salute the rank, not the man” “You speak the language, not the accent”

    @liubolun@liubolun3 жыл бұрын

    • That scene was so satisfying. Sobel put in his place by the better man.

      @davecom3@davecom33 жыл бұрын

    • Where’s that from?

      @GOLEG11@GOLEG113 жыл бұрын

    • @@GOLEG11 Band of Brothers, S1E10

      @liubolun@liubolun3 жыл бұрын

    • This wouldn't matter if it weren't for the double agents. Some men have done nothing to deserve their rank. A good spy might know that. He should know it. That's his job. The accent influences the language to the point that one word sounds totally different under a regional accent. With so much tension in the air, this stuff matters.

      @heidimiller642@heidimiller6423 жыл бұрын

    • @@heidimiller642 It was a reference from the HBO series "Band of Brothers".

      @liubolun@liubolun3 жыл бұрын

  • Great story of conviction,transformation, and yes redemption. Awakening of a man’s soul and his yearning for Freedom . Bravo 👏🏻.

    @robertbohnaker9898@robertbohnaker98982 жыл бұрын

  • Using a tv spy to narrate this is just Gold

    @kaludavidkalu5581@kaludavidkalu55813 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for the upload, made me so happy to watch it during quarantine

    @erfanrahmani@erfanrahmani4 жыл бұрын

  • As an American, I'm deeply ashamed at my country's annoying tendency to not leave well enough alone. I remember seeing another documentary about Ames, the American KGB turncoat and as soon as they mentioned him sussing out who the possible KGB source of MI6, it sent a shiver down my spine because I knew it would be bad. My country could've gotten this heroic man killed. And I'm sure, if president Reagan would have found out, it would have made him sick. I hope this man knows we greatly appreciate him and his selflessness. ❤

    @TheRisskee@TheRisskee2 жыл бұрын

  • 1983....I was 10, playing all day in that summer, with no worries at the time.. just thanks

    @ryanB74@ryanB742 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you very much for this incredible documentary about a brave man . Damien Lewis narration was perfect.

    @hectorbrown656@hectorbrown656 Жыл бұрын

  • I’m not very interested in spy stories, even true ones like this, but I’ll watch anything with Damien Lewis.

    @kimberlyperrotis8962@kimberlyperrotis8962 Жыл бұрын

    • You should be interested. But probably you're a millennial.

      @kenboulder212@kenboulder212 Жыл бұрын

  • amazing....the courage of one man is the salvation of many

    @michaelaldan4354@michaelaldan43543 жыл бұрын

  • Great true story! And Damian Lewis excels once again ~

    @jakedunnegan@jakedunnegan3 жыл бұрын

  • Damian Lewis is a very brilliant actor I love so much. I love his exploits in billions and homeland. I cried the day he was hanged In homeland despite his patriotism.

    @olabodeadeleye4771@olabodeadeleye4771 Жыл бұрын

  • "They thought we were preparing for war" - yes, usually when we see army rehearsing war games under Regan's command, we immediately suspect that you are getting prepared for a picnic 😂

    @javlonjuraev6328@javlonjuraev63283 жыл бұрын

    • picnic not picknick！

      @emmazhang9168@emmazhang91683 жыл бұрын

    • @@emmazhang9168 edited. English is not my native language.

      @javlonjuraev6328@javlonjuraev63283 жыл бұрын

    • Reagan's rhetoric could have brought us all death. He forgot that being US President wasn't one of his B movies.

      @LJ-ht4zs@LJ-ht4zs3 жыл бұрын

  • Gotta love actors who can learn many accents, Damian speaks great American English on Billions, it's hard to believe that he's just acting, much respect.

    @Btvstudio@Btvstudio3 жыл бұрын

  • One day comes ,one day remains.✊

    @Rx_VV@Rx_VV Жыл бұрын

  • I love you Damien. You got me hooked on Homeland...your British accent is everything and more❤

    @winniekendi800@winniekendi8002 жыл бұрын

  • About time your channel puts out an entire episode. Keep doing it.

    @majr72@majr724 жыл бұрын

  • Playing call of duty cold wars now, some plots are truly inspired by these heroic figures.

    @jumahamis227@jumahamis2273 жыл бұрын

  • Loved this guy in BoB.

    @WhispersOfWind@WhispersOfWind Жыл бұрын

  • Just adore Damian..will watch anything hes in.Has a great voice and is English born and bred.

    @clovelly1946@clovelly19463 жыл бұрын

  • When you see actors you know speaking in their normal voice, half of them turn out to be from the UK.

    @MakerInMotion@MakerInMotion4 жыл бұрын

    • British accent is normal ! Easy to fake American accent as Damien does in Billions

      @mark-shane@mark-shane4 жыл бұрын

    • That was a shock to hear his accent. I didn't know he was from the UK.

      @katschrodinger954@katschrodinger9544 жыл бұрын

    • Hollywood is raiding the UK and Australia for actors and actresses. Because they come across as more mature, calm and able to handle themselves and essentially behave like fully loaded adults. They find that Americans (and Canadians too) come across like overgrown teenagers. And FYI I live in Canada, I see the difference.

      @vittoriacolona@vittoriacolona4 жыл бұрын

    • @@vittoriacolona I saw video of Australians getting in fistfights at the supermarket over toilet paper.

      @MakerInMotion@MakerInMotion4 жыл бұрын

    • Yeah he's English. Although he normally doesnt talk so posh

      @DimBeam1@DimBeam14 жыл бұрын

  • My God I need to make a movie based off of this guy.

    @ReveredDead@ReveredDead4 жыл бұрын

  • Always glad to watch anything with Damien Lewis in it. This was very good!

    @julienelson421@julienelson421 Жыл бұрын

  • How have they not made a movie out of this story?

    @AK-hw9ij@AK-hw9ij Жыл бұрын

  • Unbelievable courage of this man.

    @myriaddsystems@myriaddsystems4 жыл бұрын

  • This is so well done. Thank you.

    @staceykelley1202@staceykelley12024 жыл бұрын

  • LOVE this show and especially Damien Lewis

    @Macolicious88@Macolicious883 жыл бұрын

  • My guy Bobby Axelrod killing it with the narration !

    @southerncalifornia42@southerncalifornia422 жыл бұрын

  • I GREATLY ADMIRE YOU. THE MAN THAT SAVED THE WORLD . YOU SAVED MILLIONS OF PEOPLES LIVES. MR OLEG GORDIEVSKY I SALUTE YOU.

    @robertschweppie5256@robertschweppie52563 жыл бұрын

  • Good video! Really appreciated uploading the full episode.

    @carbinephantom@carbinephantom4 жыл бұрын

  • I cant believe Damian Lewis is British! He played the role of Major Winters on the WW2 mini series Band of Brothers. Good actor. He did very well playing an American officer.

    @EddieLeal@EddieLeal2 жыл бұрын

  • I sincerely appreciate Smithsonian Channel for producing this Great masterpiece; One thing though is, some of the DEEP and Clandestine approaches have been hidden from public view, edited out of this work for Global security reasons.

    @pro4965@pro4965 Жыл бұрын

  • Damian Lewis~ Bobby Axelrod(From Billions) Clicked the documentary the moment I saw his photo... Great work Smithsonian Channel!

    @eputinngr8220@eputinngr82204 жыл бұрын

  • Great dramatization of one of the most intriguing and important spy stories of the Cold War. But there is so much to this case. A friend of mine is a retired intel officer who by chance became one of Oleg Gordievsky's handlers. There is extremely much more to this story than what is compressed into these meager 44 minutes.

    @NorwayT@NorwayT3 жыл бұрын

    • Well, of course there is so much more to the story! That's the way stories go!

      @serpentines6356@serpentines6356 Жыл бұрын

    • @Yuri Ashol I believe there is a book out about his defection. You should look it up. Gordievsky was a big deal at the time, so he is mentioned in numerous books. But I'm not going to publicize private conversations on the Internet between me and my friends. My only point is that, if you search around a bit, I am sure you can find some accounts of one of the most crazy escapes from the Soviet Union ever. It was an escape way beyond anything you'll see in any BS movie out of Hollywood.

      @NorwayT@NorwayT Жыл бұрын

    • @@serpentines6356 if you look up a reply I just gave in this thread, you'll see what I meant.

      @NorwayT@NorwayT Жыл бұрын

    • This is hardly a “dramatization”. Anyway would love to hear more. I’ll look for your comment. Thanks

      @JTD472@JTD47210 ай бұрын

  • I ❤️❤️❤️ this dude in Billions! Which brought me to this amazing story that I may have otherwise missed. So glad I did not. Thank you.

    @christinasornbutnark1208@christinasornbutnark12082 жыл бұрын

  • This shows what Citizen patriots are capable of. God bless all of you!!!

    @EBAYvillager@EBAYvillager3 жыл бұрын

  • All the stories about the sovjet's plans on occupying Denmark during the Cold War are quite interesting. Was close to becoming the playground for WW3.

    @Emillionaer@Emillionaer3 жыл бұрын

  • This is very informative.. Interesting to learn what transpired in other parts of the world that contributed so much to what we are today. Thank you!👍

    @Ella-gn4fv@Ella-gn4fv3 жыл бұрын

  • Started watching this by seeing Damian Lewis in the title... Nice to see u again Major Winters

    @bhusangurung1961@bhusangurung19613 жыл бұрын

  • This explains everything that happened in my life. Thank you for making this video.

    @heidimiller642@heidimiller6423 жыл бұрын

  • OMG, this is awesome.. thank you!

    @KiwiTheNerd@KiwiTheNerd4 жыл бұрын

  • Finally a full episode

    @michaelliguori856@michaelliguori8564 жыл бұрын

  • The book The Spy and the traitor - is a marvellous read.

    @kalamikid@kalamikid Жыл бұрын

  • One the greatest heroes in the 20th century.

    @mortalclown3812@mortalclown3812 Жыл бұрын

  • The book about Gordievski by Ben Macintyre remains the best one I have ever read so far and likely in the future

    @etlandbicprendi5282@etlandbicprendi52824 жыл бұрын

    • Agent zig zag is amazing aswell

      @Military101@Military1013 жыл бұрын

    • @@Military101 agreed!

      @etlandbicprendi5282@etlandbicprendi52823 жыл бұрын

  • Real history..yup what I needed

    @petersicheri9670@petersicheri96704 жыл бұрын

  • This the best documentary on everyone thank you

    @insignecharlsrichmona.g12i71@insignecharlsrichmona.g12i71 Жыл бұрын

  • Thank you Oleg for your sacrifices that helped to save democracy.

    @renatacantore-gross8842@renatacantore-gross88424 жыл бұрын

    • And civilization too

      @OsmanK699@OsmanK6994 жыл бұрын

  • Awesome! Really good! We own our peace to unknown men like him...

    @SergioDiFiore_0@SergioDiFiore_04 жыл бұрын

  • Thanks. Fascinating and thrilling true story. The presenter would make a good James Bond.

    @benthejrporter@benthejrporter4 жыл бұрын

  • Brilliant book

    @LASTDAYSWATCHMAN777@LASTDAYSWATCHMAN7773 ай бұрын

  • Great documentary and masterly narrated by Damian!

    @elbi5333@elbi5333 Жыл бұрын

  • Terrific video! I hope my students can learn a good deal from this true spy documentary!

    @marcostrander9518@marcostrander95184 жыл бұрын

  • Marvelous storytelling!!! Please produce more interesting and heart pounding spy stories like this smithsonian.. i love your channel. I immediately hit ‘subscribe’ after watching this. More power to you guys.. Keep it up!

    @berdugong-druglordmanyakis1608@berdugong-druglordmanyakis16084 жыл бұрын

    • same here!!

      @Kunda.Create@Kunda.Create9 ай бұрын

  • Very interesting documentary, I enjoyed it. A real hero to the free world.

    @mohammadmostafaii7535@mohammadmostafaii75354 жыл бұрын

  • I just adore Damien Lewis.

    @jstone247@jstone2473 жыл бұрын

  • It's puzzling that Gordievsky didn't just defect while he was in London, rather than return to the Soviet Union when he had a pretty good idea the KGB was on to him. Instead he had to go through the whole exfiltration process, which was so dangerous for everybody involved..

    @MsPea@MsPea3 жыл бұрын

  • Denmark might be a small country. But our intelligence and security units, have always been top notch ✌️

    @heinedenmark@heinedenmark3 жыл бұрын

  • Hi there, I never thoroughly disappointed cited you in my undergraduate thesis. You are always fascinating. Keep it up!

    @thebudiutomojournal@thebudiutomojournal Жыл бұрын

  • This was the Best Doc I've ever seen !!!

    @mikehendershot9926@mikehendershot99262 жыл бұрын

  • It was very strange that car with ywo UK diplomats was able to cross Soviet Finnish border, even though Finland was not 'proper' West, and did have silent agreement with Kremlin to assist in return of Soviet defectors. The extraction of Gordievsky was probably more complex than we are told here. The book 'Spy And Traitor' by Ben Mcintyre about life of Gorievsky does not say more than we see here. Gordievsky is true hero!

    @valgehiir@valgehiir4 жыл бұрын

    • Yeah.I wonder that too. Maybe a whole lot of money passed around?

      @serpentines6356@serpentines6356 Жыл бұрын

    • ​@@serpentines6356 Look at Finland today...

      @andykerr3803@andykerr3803 Жыл бұрын

  • Great, been going crazy trying to find a way to watch this after seeing the review in the WSJ on Friday!!

    @rusgc9210@rusgc92104 жыл бұрын

  • Big fan of Lewis, I've watched him in Band of Brothers, Life and Billions. Good actor

    @Michaelkayslay@Michaelkayslay3 жыл бұрын

  • Fascinating. Thank you.

    @lizannewhitlow1085@lizannewhitlow10854 жыл бұрын
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