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The Spy Who

Wondery

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4.6 • 669 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

MI5 is on its knees at the dawn of the 1970s: Soviet spies are running free around the country and the government won’t boot them out for fear of upsetting Moscow. But the danger from inaction is growing because a spy from the KGB’s most-secret department has just been posted to London. His name is Oleg Lyalin and he’s on a mission to take down Britain’s nuclear defences.

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0:00.0	Wonderry Plus subscribers can binge full seasons of the Spy Who early and add free on Apple
0:06.9	podcasts or the Wondery app.
0:09.2	Please be advised.
0:10.4	This episode of The Spy Who contains strong language.
0:17.6	August 30, 1971 1971, just after 1 a.m., in London's West End.
0:28.9	In this patrol car, police constable Charles Shearer appears at a Hillman Minks driving up ahead.
0:35.4	Its lights are off, and it's drifting from side to side.
0:41.3	Shira flicks on the siren.
0:43.3	Blue light flashes across the darkened shop front.
0:46.3	The Hillman Minks pulls over.
0:52.3	Shira stops behind it and steps out of his patrol car.
0:57.0	As he does, the passenger door of the car he pulled over opens.
1:03.0	An attractive blonde woman gets out and hurries away.
1:08.0	Shira ignores her and walks towards the stopped car.
1:12.9	The driver winds down his window.
1:16.1	You're scared my date away, officer.
1:18.7	Shira looks at the driver.
1:20.5	He's a slim, suave man with a pencil moustache and wearing an expensive suit.
1:25.4	Have you been drinking, sir?
1:27.1	Well, one or two. I'd like you been drinking, sir? One or two.
1:28.9	I'd like you to take a breathalyzer test.
1:31.4	No, I'm not doing any tests.
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