History | War
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Sky History (GB)
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Running
Start:
2025-01-14
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In 2000, boxes containing top-secret files were found in a garden shed in Cornwall. They detailed the lives and code names of Britain's first female agents sent to the front line during the war. The British spymistress, Vera Atkins, had committed treason by keeping the papers, but she had a reason for doing so. During the war, Prime Minister Churchill desperately needed foreign agents, and though women were not allowed to fight on the front line, they could be sent behind enemy lines as spies. Vera was put in charge of the female spies, and when many of them went missing during the war, never to return, she was determined to find out their fate – in defiance of the British authorities. Vera's files were kept sealed until after she died, but the story of the female spies and the spymistress who led them, which has remained secret for over 50 years, can now be revealed.
There is no Next Episode of The Lost Women Spies planned.
S1E4 - The SAS
While Europe rejoiced over victory in the Second World War, Odette Hallowes' struggle at Ravensbrück revealed telling information about other agents in prison. Spymistress Vera Atkins' investigation intensified in Karlsruhe prison and Ravensbrück, focusing on espionage agent Noor Inayat Khan's fate.
Air Date: 04 Feb 2025 15:00 (CDT)
S1E5 - The Trials
Assigned to the British War Crime Investigation Unit in post-war Germany, British intelligence officer Vera Atkins pursued her agents' fate at Natzweiler and Ravensbrück. Piecing together testimonies, she insisted on obtaining official records to substantiate her findings for upcoming trials. While Vera sought justice for her girls, a letter challenged her verdicts on Noor's fate. Suspicions of double agents led Vera to hunt down a Nazi mastermind. She was still to determine whether any agents had escapeed, and if not who had betrayed them.
Air Date: 11 Feb 2025 18:00 (CDT)
S1E6 - Cover-Up
How the capture of a key Nazi uncovered shocking realities. Amid demands for accountability, spymistress Vera Atkins and her team had to navigate murky waters to confront uncomfortable truths.
Air Date: 18 Feb 2025 18:00 (CDT)