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Editors: Jayesh Lathia and Nick Follows

Featuring Damian Lewis in his first docu-drama role, this new 8×60 factual series will reveal the remarkable true stories behind some of the most gripping and important international spy operations of the last forty years. Packed full of espionage, surveillance, undercover work, and covert operations, the series brings forth these real events as well as the profound personal and geopolitical consequences for all involved. Utilizing innovative and highly stylized reconstructions, Spy Wars (W/T) is shot on location in London, Moscow and Israel. Damian Lewis is the guide through each in-depth episode that investigates the Cold War through to the ‘war on terror’ and the renewed espionage hostilities of present day.

Jayesh said ” The stories were huge, featuring the Cold War era, the Ethiopian exodus of Jews to Israel and the Iranian Islamic Revolution. The challenge was not only to tell the larger geopolitical story in each episode but also to make sure that the human story, whether it was civilians caught in a revolution or a double agent escaping certain death, had equal importance. I think we successfully achieved this goal and I am very proud to have edited on this thrilling series”

The series will premiere on Monday 7th Oct on The History Channel