Spy Wars The Man Who Saved the World (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary

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Spy Wars

The Man Who Saved the World (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary

At a time when the Cold War spying game was in full swing, Oleg Gordievsky was one of the KGB's rising stars...and biggest traitors. For years, he provided top-secret Russian intelligence to the British, but he is best remembered for ...See moreAt a time when the Cold War spying game was in full swing, Oleg Gordievsky was one of the KGB's rising stars...and biggest traitors. For years, he provided top-secret Russian intelligence to the British, but he is best remembered for risking his life in 1983 to pull the world back from the brink of nuclear annihilation. Presented by host Damian Lewis and backed by firsthand accounts by Gordievsky himself, we detail the spy's incredible career as a double agent and his gripping defection out of Russia. See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Damian Lewis Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Band of Brothers (2001)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Andrius Paulavicius O.Gordievsky O.Gordievsky See fewer	Stranger Things (2016)
Oleg Gordievsky Self Self See fewer	Vsyo OK (2024)
Milton Bearden Self - CIA Officer Self - CIA Officer See fewer	Meet the Parents (2000)
David Major Self - Former FBI agent Self - Former FBI agent See fewer	My Father the Spy (2019)
Matt Truman MI5 Agent MI5 Agent See fewer	EastEnders (1985)
Mikhail Petrovich Lyubimov Self - KGB Colonel (as Mikhail Luybimov) Self - KGB Colonel (as Mikhail Luybimov) See fewer	Spy Wars (2019)
Jørn Bro Self - Operations Commander Police Intelligence Service Self - Operations Commander Police Intelligence Service See fewer	Spy Wars (2019)
Charles Powell Self - Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1983-1991 Self - Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1983-1991 See fewer	The Pathfinder (1996)