SPYSCAPE takes you behind enemy lines this week - inside six real-life spy adventures dramatized by Hollywood - with the real-life agents at the heart of the drama! What really happened? What secrets are our True Spies hiding?

Red Sea spies

You’ve probably streamed The Red Sea Diving Resort but do you know the real story behind the thrilling drama? Mossad officer Gad Shimron was tall, athletic, and hand-picked to go undercover as a Red Sea diving instructor in Sudan. The Arab-dominated country was very hostile to Jews, however - particularly foreign spies. His mission would likely end in one of two ways: he’d save lives or lose his own.

OPERATION BROTHERS

The real Black Klansman

Ron Stallworth (John David Washington in BlacKkKansman) is the cop who fooled the US's most notorious racists. The black officer infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in 1979. He even gained the trust of Klan leader David Duke. But how do you get out alive once you’ve breached the inner circle? Here’s Stallworth’s thrilling story.

KKK UNDERCOVER

The Argonauts

Mark and Cora Lijek (played by Cleo DuVall in the 2012 movie Argo) were newlyweds in search of adventure when they were chosen to work at the US State Department mission in Iran. It was in the midst of a revolution. They knew it could get dangerous, but didn’t expect to be at the heart of one of the boldest espionage extractions in CIA history. Ben Affleck turned the story into an Oscar-winning movie, but the real tale is even more chilling.

HOSTAGES UNDERCOVER

Spycatcher

FBI agent Eric O’Neill (played by Ryan Phillippe in the 2007 movie Breach) was a young officer assigned to catch a KGB double agent embedded in the Bureau’s D.C. headquarters. Moscow mole Robert Hanssen was a seasoned FBI officer and one of the worst traitors in American history. So how does a newbie expose a deadly double agent? O’Neill shares his thrilling backstory.

THE ROOKIE v DR DEATH

The spy who said no

Katharine Gun (Keira Knightly in Official Secrets) is a different kind of undercover operative - a British GCHQ translator who stumbled on intel linking the US to a dirty tricks campaign to justify the Iraq War. She risked prison if she spoke out though so Katharine had to operate under the radar. The war drums were beating. The 2003 invasion was imminent. Could you withstand the pressure?

OFFICIAL SECRETS

The (real-life) Americans

Former KGB spy Jack Barsky worked as an extra on The Americans, a sneaky cameo appearance in a life-meets-art Hollywood moment. In his real-life, Barsky was also Albrecht Dittrich, an East German sleeper agent dropped behind enemy lines in 1970s America to spy for the USSR. He fooled everyone for a decade, but what happens when your cover is blown thousands of miles away from the safety of Moscow HQ?

DEEP UNDERCOVER

007 x SPYSCAPE - EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND!

Our immersive exhibition uses projection mapping and larger-than-life installations to get you up close and personal with James Bond.
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See 007's Goldeneye DB5 • Investigate gadgets in Q's lab • Go behind the scenes on set.