UKTV - Secret War (2011) Part 4 Double Agent Tricycle

“The secret agents who set Europe ablaze”

Just when you thought you knew everything about WWII, Secret War uncovers more incredible stories that exist under the radar. As bombs were dropped from planes, missiles were launched and tanks were deployed all over the world, another kind of war was being waged by the Allies a secret war – a war of espionage. This secret war involved countless acts of espionage, courage, ruthlessness, double dealing and betrayal. It featured secret agents risking everything, working undercover on the continent to turn the tide against the Nazis, never knowing who, at any time, they could trust. Some became double agents playing both sides for the thrill of the danger, others did it just to stay alive. Always these extraordinary characters lived their lives on the edge. Secret War tells their amazing stories. Less than a year after World War II began, Hitler’s armies occupied much of mainland Europe—and the island nation of Great Britain stood alone. Rather than wait for the expected German invasion, Prime Minister Winston Churchill decided to hit back at the Nazis any way he could. In the summer of 1940, he set up a secret new organization called the Special Operations Executive, or SOE, and gave it a simple mission “set Europe ablaze.” SECRET WAR goes inside Churchill's secret army, to a dangerous world of agents, double agents, and even triple agents. In 13 episodes, it tells the story of SOE agents and other clandestine warriors who went behind enemy lines to conduct intelligence-gathering, sabotage, and assassination. Sometimes the operations were spectacularly successful, at other times inexplicably inept. But together, the efforts of these intrepid men and women helped save thousands of lives, liberate Europe, and turn the tide of World War II.

Part 4 Double Agent Tricycle

Dusko Popov was one Britain's most successful double agents and some say the inspiration for James Bond. Real-life James Bond and ladies' man Dusan Popov worked as a daring double agent, bankrolled by both the Germans and MI6. While pretending to spy for the Germans during the war, a young Yugoslav offered his services to the British, and at a stroke Agent Ivan became Agent Tricycle. A gambler and multilingual, Dusko Popov seemed to be Germany's perfect spy. A debonair playboy, he appeared to have easy access to the top echelons of British society and sent in streams of apparently high-grade intelligence. But in fact he was a double agent, working for the British, and his intelligence was pure disinformation. He also learned about Japanese interest in aircraft carriers and the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor–intelligence the FBI tragically dismissed. With privileged access to Popov's family photograps and records and an exclusive interview with one of his sons Marco, Double Agent Tricycle's incredible adventures can now be told.

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