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Mi6 decides to inform 10 downing street. in december 1982, margaret thatcher is told that a highly placed kgb spy now works as a double agent for the british. but she isn't told his name. two months later, gordievsky provides crucial intelligence. operation ryan is now official soviet policy. [tim] what the soviets didn't understand is that there was a possibility that operation ryan could be a self-fulfilling prophecy. operation ryan was a perfect example of starting with a conclusion, and then looking for justification for that conclusion. agents weren't asked, "are the american and the brit...

[narrator] gordievsky's actions make him so valuable, mi6 decides to inform 10 downing street. in december 1982, margaret thatcher is told that a highly placed kgb spy now works as a double agent for the british. but she isn't told his name. two months later, gordievsky provides crucial intelligence. operation ryan is now official soviet policy. [tim] what the soviets didn't understand is that there was a possibility that operation ryan could be a self-fulfilling prophecy. operation ryan was a perfect example of starting with a conclusion, and then looking for justification for that conclusion...

[dramatic music playing] and for andropov, reagan was that cowboy who is going to destroy the soviet union because he was playing in all these films like john wayne. reagan and andropov in some ways found each other. neither of them would back off. this was the moment when we were really scared of the nuclear war. that really stayed with me as the scariest time that i've ever experienced in my life in the soviet union. [narrator] the opposing sides in the cold war could not be further apart. britain's double agent is now vital to understanding the level of andropov's paranoia. [sir david omand...

From remembrance to celebration: May 4 and 5 in the Netherlands

Jonathan van Tulleken's TV adaptation is based on Andrew Michael Hurley's acclaimed novel of the same name