• 42 minutes 57 seconds
    172. The Murder of Litvinenko: Russia’s Nuclear Weapon (Ep 4)

    Alexander Litvinenko has been poisoned in London… Now the race is on to work out what is slowly killing him.


    In this episode David and Gordon tell the story of the race to discover what the Russian security services used to murder Litvinenko.


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    1 July 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 40 minutes 35 seconds
    171. The Murder of Litvinenko: Killed in Plain Sight (Ep 3)

    Russian assassins are closing in on Alexander Litvinenko… But who will deal the fatal blow?


    Listen as David and Gordon explore the dramatic moments leading up to the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London.


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    28 June 2026, 11:10 pm
  • 52 minutes 12 seconds
    170. The Murder of Litvinenko: Putin’s Plan To Kill (Ep 2)

    Former Russian Security Service officer Alexander Litvinenko is in exile in London. But his clash with Vladimir Putin will only increase in its intensity - placing the two men on a collision course towards certain doom.


    David and Gordon explore the potential motivations for the murder of Litvinenko by the Russian security services in 2006.


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    24 June 2026, 11:05 pm
  • 52 minutes 12 seconds
    169. The Murder of Litvinenko: Poisoned in London (Ep 1)

    A Russian security service officer murdered in London, with radioactive poison. But who gave the orders and why?


    Listen as David and Gordon begin their six-part investigation into the 2006 murder of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko on the streets of London.


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    21 June 2026, 11:00 pm
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    168. Trump's New Director of National Intelligence and the CIA's Missing Gold Bars

    Who is Trump's new Director of National Intelligence? Is the US Intelligence Community becoming increasingly politicised? And what's the story behind the CIA officer who has allegedly stolen millions of dollars in gold bars?


    Listen as David and Gordon head inside some of the latest news stories coming out of the world of intelligence in the US.


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    18 June 2026, 11:10 pm
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    167. The Covid Origin Story: What the CIA Really Found (Ep 2)

    What do the CIA think caused the Covid pandemic? And did Trump and Biden sway the CIA’s intelligence assessments?


    Listen as David and Gordon assess whether Trump and Biden played politics with the investigation into the origins of the Covid virus. 


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    17 June 2026, 11:05 pm
  • 39 minutes 4 seconds
    166. The Covid Origin Story: Lab Leak or Animal Outbreak? (Ep 1)

    Where does the CIA think the Covid-19 virus came from? And could it have been intentionally leaked as an act of biological warfare?


    Listen as David and Gordon step inside the investigation as to where Covid came from.


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    14 June 2026, 11:00 pm
  • 55 minutes 35 seconds
    165. Why England Didn't Win the 1970 World Cup (Ep 2)

    Could England have won the 1970 World Cup if their star goalkeeper, Gordon Banks, hadn't contracted food poisoning the day before the quarter-final? And could the CIA have had anything to do with England's 60 years of hurt?


    David and Gordon are joined by journalist Gabriel Gatehouse to get to the bottom of whether the CIA poisoned England's World Cup ambitions.


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    10 June 2026, 11:05 pm
  • 45 minutes 46 seconds
    164. Did the CIA Poison England's World Cup Goalkeeper? (Ep 1)

    Why did Gordon Banks pull out of the 1970 World Cup quarter-final against West Germany? And was the CIA to blame?


    Listen as David and Gordon are joined by journalist Gabriel Gatehouse who has spent the past three years investigating whether the CIA poisoned England's star goalkeeper.


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    7 June 2026, 11:00 pm
  • 48 minutes 12 seconds
    163. Argo: Smuggled Out of Khomeini's Iran (Ep 4)

    Six American diplomats are about to walk through the Tehran airport with alias Canadian passports. But will they make it through? And how does the real Argo end?


    As the story reaches its dramatic conclusion, David and Gordon look at what can be learnt from the 1979 plot to smuggle six American diplomats out of Iran.


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    3 June 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 47 minutes 9 seconds
    162. Argo: How the CIA Made a Movie That Never Existed (Ep 3)

    Tony Mendez has just landed in revolutionary Tehran. Now he must teach six terrified diplomats to be a Hollywood film crew… in 72 hours.


    Listen as David and Gordon reach the climax of their adventure into the true story behind Argo.


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    31 May 2026, 11:10 pm
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