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Today we're going to look at an ever appealing aspect of the war.

The clandestine struggle waged by both sides to discover each other's secrets

and to confuse their understanding of what was going on. It was something that the British,

with some justification, had a reputation for being rather good at. And today we're going to be

hearing about one of the most skillful practitioners of the art of espionage, the British MI6 officer Wilfrid Biffie Dunderdale.

With me to talk about him is Tim Spicer, who's just written a brilliant biography of the man.

It's called A Suspicion of Spies, Risks, Secrets and Shadows.

It's astonishingly well researched and a great read.

It's not due to be published until September, but it's well worth the wait. Well, Tim is a man of action himself, as well as an author.

He served in the Scots Guards and the Falklands and went on to have an eventful and distinguished career

before founding the Aegis Defence Company. Tim, welcome to the podcast. Thank you. So, Biffie Dunderdale,

what a character. Tell us how you came across him and what compelled you to write the book.

I came across Biffy, a dangerous enterprise, was about a clandestine group of boats owned by

MI6, transporting agents across the channel

from Dartmouth in Devon to Brittany.

And one of their main customers was this fellow called Wilfrid Biffie Dunderdale.

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