The Prison Escape That Humiliated MI6

The thrilling escape of Russian double agent George Blake. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ and get 20% off your annual premium subscription. I highly recommend Spies, Lies, and Exile: The Extraordinary Story of Russian Double Agent George Blake by Simon Kuper Amazon US: https://a.co/d/5YNf9PM Amazon UK: https://amzn.eu/d/20gEY7e Amazon CA: https://a.co/d/3DAgZtS Video of Klaus Fuchs: https://youtu.be/KpuBYvWY2ig Chapters: 0:00 Escape from Wormwood Scrubs 0:34 The Perfect British Spy 1:20 Childhood Identity Crisis in Cairo 2:02 Bombs, Resistance, and War 3:00 Recruited by MI6 3:36 Seoul, War, and Capture 4:29 The Choice That Changed Everything 5:11 Release from Captivity 5:32 The Spy Inside MI6 6:44 The Berlin Tunnel Betrayal 7:45 The Mole Is Discovered 9:04 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant 10:08 Interrogation and a Shocking Confession 11:07 The Sentence 12:46 Life in Prison 13:10 The Greatest Prison Escape 15:12 Disappointing Life in Moscow 16:43 The Happy Traitor Sources: Korea prisoners of war memorial: Dsdugan, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Soviet embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea: Lazyhawk, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons MI6 building at 2 Carlton Gardens: 1-2 Carlton Gardens by Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons 1955 London bus on the road: Ben Brooksbank / Highgate High Street: NW at South Grove, 1955 1949 London street corner: Sba2 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Berlin spy tunnel: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Palace of Westminster: Eluveitie, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Tbmurray, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Wormwood Scrubs prison in London: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Moscow, winter 1964: Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993), CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons English tea with milk: Mark Hillary, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBBC building: Alexander Svensson, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Christmas pudding: James Petts from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Rotterdam panorama: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons London panorama: Diliff, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Moscow’s Alley of Heroes: Александровы АГ, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons