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Female Spies: Courage and Espionage in WWII

2024 1 season 6 eps 16

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Season 1

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Season 1

50 min

S1 · E1 · Aug 9, 2024

Courage and Betrayal Episode 1

Stoic Vera Atkins was determined to build a network of female agents, Virginia Hall made a daring escape from France, Mathilde Carré was a treacherous double agent, Noor Inayat Khan was a Muslim princess turned fearless radio operator, young mother Yvonne Cormeau sought revenge, and Yolande Beekman was a young artist turned spy. Amid covert operations, betrayal, and mounting danger, they defy the odds, each demonstrating unparalleled courage - and some paying the ultimate price.

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50 min

S1 · E2 · Aug 9, 2024

Infiltration Episode 2

During World War II, women of all backgrounds work as spies: Krystyna Skarbek, the Polish aristocrat whose daring exploits earn her the title of "Churchill's favorite spy," Andrée de Jongh, the Belgian girl whose ambitious escape network will save hundreds of Allied airmen, Josephine Baker, the glamorous singer whose fame provides the perfect cover for her anti-Nazi activities, and brothel owner Kitty Schmidt, whose Nazi-run establishment offers both secrets and pleasures.

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50 min

S1 · E3 · Aug 16, 2024

All or Nothing Episode 3

Many brave women defy societal norms and play a crucial role as spies during World War II. Australian Nancy Wake sacrifices her comfortable life to spy on the Gestapo, sisters Jacqueline and Eileen go undercover together but are torn apart by fate, Betty Pack makes her way through Europe and America, enduring more than just a broken heart to gather secret information. The sacrifices and contributions of each woman underscore their commitment to the Allied cause.

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50 min

S1 · E4 · Aug 16, 2024

Secret Heroines Episode 4

They are the heroines and villains of the story: Hannie Schaft and Truus and Freddie Overseegen are Dutch girls who decide to take a ruthless revenge attack in the face of the Nazi occupation, Velvalee Dickinson uses an ingenious method to thwart the American war effort, Zheng Pingru risks her life to hunt down a collaborator, mother of three Odette Sansom fights against the Nazis in France, Catherine Dior, the fashion designer's sister, leaves her mark with the Resistance and a perfume.

50 min

S1 · E5 · Aug 23, 2024

Loyalty Tested Episode 5

In occupied Manila, Claire Phillips was tasked with spying on Japanese soldiers in her nightclub. Peggy Utinsky and Naomi Flores joined the Filipino resistance movement to provide medicine and food to Allied prisoners of war. Yoshiko Kawashima, the Chinese princess, betrayed her country of birth to serve Japan, the country where she grew up. Betty McIntosh worked for a predecessor of the CIA and helped, among other things, to take action against Japanese soldiers. Peruvian Elvira Chaudoir served the British secret service as a double agent.

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50 min

S1 · E6 · Aug 23, 2024

The New Age Episode 6

Joey Guerrero was a Filipino spy who suffered from leprosy and extracted important information from Japanese soldiers. Marie Madeleine-Fourcade worked for the French and British secret services; after the war she became a member of the European Parliament. The French agent Violette Szabo was exposed by the Nazis and died in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Pearl Witherington was the only woman to command a network of resistance groups in France. Long before Julia Child became a cooking icon in the USA, she worked as an intelligence officer. Vera Schalburg, alias Vera Eriksen, a native Russian, spied for the German Abwehr. Her cover was exposed in England in 1940 and she was imprisoned, after which her traces were initially lost. In 2012 her story was made into a film (“The Beautiful Spy”). The German Ursula Kuczynski - code name: Sonja - joined the Soviet military intelligence service GRU during the Second World War.

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6 episodes in Season 1

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It's a little-known part of World War II history: in the Allied secret services, one in ten spies was a woman. A look back at the journeys of these women of exemplary bravery, who, risking their lives, played a decisive role in supporting the Resistance.

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Premiered

August 9, 2024

Final episode

August 23, 2024

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Ended

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History

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Australia · United States

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Documentary

Episode length

50 min

Total runtime

5h 0m

Original language

English

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Australia

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English

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