History's Ultimate Spies - Season 1
1 - Thomas Cromwell
Air Date: October 16, 2015
The wily characters from history who pulled strings in the shadows. Thomas Cromwell's cloak-and-dagger work helped steer Henry VIII through his troubles with Rome and several wives.
2 - Sir Francis Walsingham
Air Date: October 23, 2015
History's scheming spymasters in profile. The six-part series focuses on the remarkable cunning of Francis Walsingham, whose spy network foiled many plots against Queen Elizabeth I.
3 - Robert Cecil
Air Date: October 30, 2015
Robert Cecil was a formidable political operator, whose extraordinary web of informers helped to foil the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
4 - Cardinal Richelieu
Air Date: November 6, 2015
Profiles of the super snoopers who blazed a trail in espionage. As Louis XIII's diabolical chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu was feared and hated thanks to his complex spy network.
5 - Zofia Potocka and Mata Hari
Air Date: November 13, 2015
History's most notorious covert operatives. The astonishing tale of Zofia Potocka, the beautiful lover of Grigory Potemkin who ran a successful spy network in the Russo-Turkish War.
6 - Elizabeth Van Leew
Air Date: November 20, 2015
The early innovators of intelligence. The American Civil War was notable for its female spymasters. Elizabeth van Lew's effective network even smuggled out messages in hollow eggs.