Press Release - DAMIAN LEWIS: SPY WARS

Premiere - vVanaf 14 oktober, iedere maandag om 21.00 

Dit nieuwe docudrama, met Damian Lewis in zijn eerste presentatierol, onthult de opmerkelijke en waargebeurde verhalen achter de meest aangrijpende en belangrijke internationale spionageoperaties van de afgelopen 40 jaar. Van de waarheid achter de ontsnapping van Amerikaanse diplomaten uit Teheran (vereeuwigd in de bekroonde film Argo) tot de spionageoperatie die een kernoorlog min of meer heeft voorkomen, vertelt de serie de ongelooflijke, maar waargebeurde verhalen uit de spionageoorlogen die onzichtbaar werden uitgevochten. Damian Lewis maakt gebruik van innovatieve en zeer gestileerde reconstructies: Spy Wars werd gefilmd op locaties in Londen, Moskou en Israël. (8 x 60 minuten)

In this new 8x60 series from HISTORY®, Damian Lewis: Spy Wars reveals remarkable true stories behind some of the most gripping and important international spy operations of the last forty years.

Starring Damian Lewis in his first factual role, this new docu-drama reveals remarkable true stories behind the most gripping and significant international spy operations of the last forty years. From the truth behind the escape of US diplomats from Tehran, immortalised in the award-winning film Argo, to the spy operation which narrowly averted all-out nuclear war, to the incredible ‘spy swap’ which brought Sergey Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, to Salisbury (where they narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on their lives last year), the series relates the incredible true stories of the spy wars fought in the shadows.

Utilising innovative and highly stylised reconstructions, Damian Lewis: Spy Wars is shot on location in London, Moscow and Israel.

Damian is our guide through each episode and investigates the Cold War through to the ‘war on terror’ and the renewed espionage hostilities of present day.

A first in the worldwide factual genre, the new series focuses on many of the most critical and remarkable operations which have defined intelligence warfare. Damian explores the action and the context of key incidents which, in several instances, brought the world to the brink of war. By presenting an all-encompassing 360-degree perspective, each case is unpacked by experts and former spies on all sides: ex-Mossad, ex-CIA, ex-KGB and ex-MI6. Damian provides an unprecedented insight into the spy operations which literally shaped today’s geo-political climate.

Throughout the series, we meet the people who were involved in these extraordinary cases, as they describe not just what and how they did it, but also why they did it, and how their actions affected them and those closest.