Nuclear Secrets - S1E1

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The Spy from Moscow

Series 1, episode 1

Five-part drama-documentary series of spy thrillers that capture key moments in the nuclear race. In 1961, Russian colonel Oleg Penkovksy risked his life to spy for the West. As the world came close to nuclear armageddon, his information was used by the White House during the Cuban missile crisis. Soon afterwards, he died a brutal death. Drawing on astonishing KGB archive and on declassified transcripts of his interviews with MI5 and CIA handlers, the film reveals Penkovsky's remarkable story.