Spy Cities

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We caught up with hosts Angus and Hove after they'd visited a dead drop location during the season break. They produced a sheet of questions from our listeners and here we gain some fascinating insights into their favourite drinks, hotels and places that we've visited throughout season one of Spy Cities.

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PRAGUE: CARLOS THE JACKAL AND THE COLD WAR SECRET POLICE

In Cold War Prague, capital of communist Czechoslovakia, sanctuary was offered to Carlos the Jackal and a group of unstable Palestinian militants. The Czechoslovak secret police lived to regret it. Dr Daniela Richterova, author of the groundbreaking Watching the Jackals, guides us through this extraordinary Cold War espionage story, set against the beautiful medieval streets of Prague.

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SHANGHAI: SPIES, SORGE AND THE PRE-REVOLUTIONARY UNDERWORLD

Step back into the espionage underworld of 1920s and 30s Shanghai, one of the most dangerous and lawless cities on earth. Our guide is Mark Logan, former British Member of Parliament, Shanghai-based diplomat and fluent Mandarin speaker. We track down the spies who worked this treacherous ground: future premier Zhou Enlai, Soviet master agent Richard Sorge, a young Wallis Simpson, and Ursula Kuczynski (Agent Sonya). This is the spy history that shaped modern China.

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NETHERLANDS: THE DUTCH RESISTANCE FIGHTS BACK AGAINST THE NAZIS

Stand on the beach where a real James Bond-style landing took place — dinner jacket worn under a wetsuit. Take breakfast at the Konditorei whose Jewish owner ran a dead-letter drop for MI6 at the outbreak of war. Then cycle the calm lanes of picturesque Haarlem, where teenage sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen assassinated German officers and their Dutch collaborators.

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