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Spy Cities

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Membership is informal. Discretion is not. In this on-location series, Angus Blair and David Ludlow take you inside the real rooms where espionage history was made — the corner tables, hotel suites, smoky clubs and quiet side streets where spies exchanged envelopes and empires quietly shifted. These are not fictional thrillers. These are the real stories of charming traitors, elegant double agents and the cities that made them. New city. New spy. Same bad behaviour. Meet us in the lobby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Spy Cities: Istanbul 08.07.2026 38:50

Türkiye · the long game Two continents, one Orient Express platform, and a hotel bar where half the room was reporting on the other half. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spy Cities: Lisbon 01.07.2026 49:12

 Portugal · 1939–1945 Neutral, sun-drenched and crawling with agents. We check into the casino at Estoril where every table was a listening post. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spy Cities: London 24.06.2026 37:01

The Spying Starts Here Where the modern game was invented and professionalised. In episode one of Spy Cities come and walk with us around the streets of London where we'll share stories of fact and fiction, and maybe a cocktail or two... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spy Cities: Trailer 10.06.2026 1:43

We’re Angus Blair and David Ludlow. We met at Cambridge at a time when a discreet chat over a sherry with a well connected tutor or an intriguing letter in your pigeon hole were still key entry points to the secret world. We chose a safer life… and then decided to spend it retracing the footsteps of people who didn’t. In this series, we’re travelling to the world’s great espionage capitals visitin...