Secret Agent Selection: WW2

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History series reviving the training programme of one of WWII's most covert organisations.

In this five-part immersive living history series, the training programme of one of World War Two's most covert organisations is being resurrected.

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Secret Agent Selection: WW2: Series 1: Episode 4

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The students visit a 1940s spy school which prepared agents for a life undercover.

Immersive history series. The students are transported to a 1940s spy school which prepared agents for a life living undercover in enemy territory.

In episode four, the students are transported to a British Stately home - this is SOE Finishing School - a 1940s spy school which prepared agents for a life living undercover in enemy territory. They learn to pick locks, send coded messages and see some real SOE gadgets, before facing an intense mock interrogation designed to prepare agents for the eventuality of capture, torture and possible execution.

Secret Agent Selection: WW2: Series 1

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