Sister Spies | WW2

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics

SPYSCAPE

Society & Culture, Documentary, History, True Crime

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Vanessa Kirby meets Pat and Jean Owtram, two British sisters who played crucial roles as Allied codebreakers during World War 2. Bound by the Official Secrets Act, neither sister knew that the other was a spy until decades later. Now in their 90s, they reveal their hidden hands in planning D-Day, aiding the Resistance, and cracking the Enigma code. Tune in to True Spies to hear their story. Would YOU have the skills to make a difference? From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets and skills. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Gemma Newby. Produced by Mariana Des Forges. Music by Nick Ryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From a Spice-Scape Podcast Network.
0:05.0	It's one of the most iconic vehicles of the 20th century.
0:08.0	The 1963 Aston Martin DB5.
0:11.0	You can imagine yourself as Bond.
0:14.0	The star of the film Goldfinger.
0:16.0	You know, it had the machine guns
0:18.0	that had the ejector seated, had the smoke bombs.
0:21.0	It makes an impression.
0:22.0	The real-life story of this legendary car
0:25.0	twists like a spy movie thriller.
0:27.0	The car was stolen in 1997
0:30.0	from an airport hanger in Boatratton, Florida
0:32.0	and hasn't been seen since.
0:34.0	Jump in the passenger seat to find out how
0:37.0	and who would steal the most famous car in the world.
0:40.0	You know what this car is?
0:42.0	Too beautiful to destroy.
0:44.0	Missions.
0:45.0	The great James Bond car robbery.
0:47.0	With me, Elizabeth Hurley.
0:49.0	You never know who is eventually going to come forward
0:52.0	and say, I know where this car is.
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