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Churchill's Secret Agents: The New Recruits

Original title: Secret Agent Selection: WW2
  • TV Mini Series
  • 2018
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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Churchill's Secret Agents: The New Recruits (2018)
DocumentaryHistoryReality TV

Immersive history series focusing on one of World War II's most covert organisations, Britain's Special Operations Executive. A group of modern-day volunteers undertake the SOE agent trainin... Read allImmersive history series focusing on one of World War II's most covert organisations, Britain's Special Operations Executive. A group of modern-day volunteers undertake the SOE agent training programme.Immersive history series focusing on one of World War II's most covert organisations, Britain's Special Operations Executive. A group of modern-day volunteers undertake the SOE agent training programme.

  • Stars
    • Douglas Henshall
    • William Beresford Davies
    • Lizzie Jeffreys
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    676
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    • Stars
      • Douglas Henshall
      • William Beresford Davies
      • Lizzie Jeffreys
    • 18User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Douglas Henshall
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    • Self - Narrator
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    William Beresford Davies
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    Lizzie Jeffreys
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    Nicky Moffat
    • Conducting Staff
    Alastair Stanley
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    Adrian Weale
    • Commander
    Debbey Clitheroe
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    Robert Copsey
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    Magdalena Thomas
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    Mike Rennie
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    Rohini Bajaj
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    Samy Ali
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    Roger Barris
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    Ben Simmons
    Ben Simmons
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    8jjsoltis

    I enjoyed it

    I hope there will be another season. This is very interesting and I learned a lot about what might have occurred. A lot of the plot seems to be based on factual history. A twist on the typical reality series. Well done!
    10carolynaucoin

    Very Enjoyable

    If you also enjoyed this production and want to see something which incorporates the secret agents in action, try Charlotte Gray. It is one of my favorites as well.
    10azacadienne

    Great show

    One makes assumptions about who will make it and who won't, but people still surprise. Can't wait until season 2!!! Absolutely loved this show.
    10PalmBeachG

    Excellent Secret Agent Reality With History of WW2

    This modern day reality show "Churchill's Secret Agent Selection: WW2" is excellent and can't be compared with any other reality shows I have ever seen. Really enjoyed the scenes from a UK historical view with real clips and descriptions of the secret missions of the actual secret agents of the time. The show, mixed with modern day candidates to participate in a competitive training program which mirrored what the real agents went through back then, make it unique. Candidates are interviewed and chosen on individual traits that each one possess and they are quite diverse. Who will make it and who will not? My personal favorite turned out to be Jeffreys, a very small short woman you would never expect to take down a grown highly trained man in a flash - you just can't judge people. Ea. Episode is a different kind of training. One thing it may have been lacking in training however is no mention of opposite sex trickery or getting involved with the wrong woman for example. I only say this because saw a different Netflix spy doc abt US spies that got caught and it seems approx. 90%+ it was because of falling for the wrong woman or getting stabbed in the back by double agents, etc. As innocent as this show seems with serious training lets face it - the opposite sexes are being paired together in the field in real life/death situations and temptations and jealousies come into play.

    #ChurchillsSecretAgentSelection #SecretAgentSelection.
    10mabartonst

    One of the best films I've ever seen.

    I'm fond of espionage novels and films, especially World War II era. The concept here is brilliant: a group of modern women and men volunteer to undertake the same training program as British Special Operations Executive agents who were being prepared for intelligence-gathering, sabotage, support of local Resistance fighters, and covert communications in territories occupied by the Nazi enemy. This is reality television of a very high order. The participants, both volunteers and their instructors, are utterly convincing. The volunteers are exceptionally brave.

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      The filming took place at the Alvie and Dalraddy Estates (4 miles from Aviemore) in the Cairngorms and Forglen Estate, near Turriff in Aberdeenshire.

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    • Release date
      • April 9, 2018 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Secret Agent Selection: WW2
    • Production companies
      • Wall to Wall Media
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      • 1h(60 min)
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      • Color
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      • Stereo

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