The Gadget Master | MI6 | WW2

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

SPYSCAPE

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Missionary. Agent. Inventor. Charles Fraser-Smith fought his war from a workshop, creating the real-life equipment that would inspire one of Ian Flemings' most beloved creations - Q, the MI6 quartermaster. During WW2, Fraser-Smith was the mind behind some of the British spy's most essential kit in the fight against the Nazis. Vanessa Kirby meets the man behind the gadgets. Could YOU bring it back in one piece? From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Charles Fraser-Smith is voiced by Tom Hayes. Series producers: Gemma Newby, Joe Foley. Produced by Leo Hornak. Music by Nick Ryan.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Incoming transmission.
0:05.2	Welcome. Welcome to True Spies.
0:09.6	Week by week, mission by mission.
0:12.4	You'll hear the true stories behind the world's greatest espionage operations.
0:19.2	You'll meet the people who navigate this secret world.
0:24.4	What do they know? What are their skills?
0:27.6	And what would you do in their position?
0:32.0	This is True Spies.
0:34.0	I'll be honest, I loved my work. It was based on secrecy and deception. Yes.
0:39.6	But secrecy and deception, in fighting the greatest evil the world had known in a generation.
0:45.6	This is True Spies.
0:48.0	Episode 74. The Gadget Master.
0:58.4	I always remember this line from the Psalms.
1:03.6	Blessed be God who trains my hands and fingers for war.
1:08.8	And that's what we were doing.
1:11.8	Training hands and fingers to be ready to fight in any way necessary.
1:18.2	And with any tools necessary.
1:21.4	In a conflict we could not afford to lose.
1:25.4	What does an agent need in order to survive undercover in hostile territory?
1:31.4	What tools make the difference between escape and capture?
1:35.8	Could a well-placed gadget help?
1:39.8	There was no way we could guarantee the safety or success of our brave agents,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from SPYSCAPE, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of SPYSCAPE and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.