How Britain Recruited Moscow’s Most Unlikely Spy
21K views · Sep 14, 2026 · Science & Technology
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@SophonsibaDeer · 2 weeks ago
How brilliant - the organist. Playing weddings, funerals et al, with an eye on everyone and their interactions.
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@Aaltje40 · 2 weeks ago
Mr Macintyre is a great raconteur.
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@Halldor.Thormar · 12 days ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjsPRZbgsfM&t=1905">31:45</a> Honestly. I was expecting him to say, "it just so happens that this organist was my father"
@darriendastar3941 · 2 weeks ago
Absolutely tremendous episode!
@fToo · 2 weeks ago
"wood was the problem"
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@robertcoleman354 · 2 weeks ago
Love this show! Snowden series was super compelling. Though I’d say, on balance, I’m an Edward fan. Sorry 😂
@sigurd_snakeintheeye · 2 weeks ago
History Hit have just released the same story
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@terriermon_zer0 · 2 weeks ago
Unskipable title
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@AbuShenab · 2 weeks ago (edited)
Ha!! I also was told the code names were random, however I saw more than a few names/renames that were so obviously tongue in cheek that I just “knew” that occasionally some old time cold warrior type would insist on a particular name. In one case (a rename) the new name was so hilariously inappropriate (although accurate) that I spend weeks laughing to myself only to see a cable a few weeks later changing that name to something plain. Obviously someone (us or the other service) found out about the new name and raised hell to get it changed. This was way back in the 80’s and I still laugh about it and the appropriateness of that “random” funny name before it was changed to something benign. Funny!
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@scott_stoic · 2 weeks ago
"Redwood" is a wickedly clever cryptonym. Only the Brits could come up with something like that.
@bobsyouruncle3075 · 2 weeks ago
Redwood. 😂 Apparently Ficus and sugar plum were in use. The poor guy.
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@mariamazurek6064 · 12 days ago
Native Russian speaker here 🙋♀️ It is pronounced KUzichkin, the emphasis is on U. Otherwise, great series, as always!
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