Storyville

Season 11 Episode 72: My Life as a Spy

A Storyville documentary first broadcast on 24 November 2003. Director Leslie Woodhead recalls his experiences as a 19-year-old National Serviceman in the late 1950s when he was recruited for secret Russian language training. Along with 5,000 other young conscripts he became a sleuth on the front line of the Cold War in Berlin, listening in on Soviet pilots, army units and naval exercises. Includes interviews with Alan Bennett and Michael Frayn, who were part of the same project.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

30

Episodes:

768

Actor:

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1997

IMDb:

7.6