There’s no way one person can watch every new scripted series each ... “The Agency” (Paramount+ with Showtime): A spy drama in the “MI-5” mold with a focus on CIA agents stationed ...

For new spies, it was a guide for your eyes only. But in 1951 it seems life in the shadows was less glamorous than a James Bond movie. New recruits faced a strict selection criteria with only men ...

Avoid false beards, carry plenty of spare change and know what to do when you need to tell a taxi driver "follow that cab!" - these were some of the tips given to rookie MI5 "watchers". Their job ...

Queen Elizabeth II was kept in the dark about her art advisor being a Russian spy to avoid adding to her worries. Blunt confessed to spying for the Soviet Union in 1964 but kept his job and ...

MI5 kept a file on former Cabinet minister Louise Haigh because of fears about her relationship with a nationalist politician, security sources have told The Mail on Sunday. The concerns – which ...

Though many apply, only a few have the skills and patience to make it as a “watcher” an MI5 training manual published for the first time by the National Archives reveals. Despite the rise in ...

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Actor plays spy chief Jackson Lamb in the Instagram post swapping the fictional Slough House for Thames House, headquarters of the service The 66-year-old performs as Jackson Lamb in the spy ...

Head of MI5 Ken McCallum has been knighted and artist Barbara Rae has been made a dame in some of the highest honours awarded to Scots in this year's New Year Honours list. Broadcaster and ...

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Gary Oldman has delivered MI5’s Christmas message in character as Jackson Lamb from Slow Horses ...

MI5 have stepped up their relentless campaign to close down Thomas Ashe Mellon’s New IRA gang by hitting them in their pockets. And the spook agency think many of his pals are literally ...