Frequently Asked Questions

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Will True Spies be repeated?

Is the series available on video?

Will any material from the programmes be published?

Can I watch extended interviews with contributors to the programme?

Where can I watch the debate about the "Secret State"?

Where can I find programme transcripts?

Where can I find details of music used in the series?

Why has my comment not been published?

Can you tell me about job opportunities/work experience?

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Will True Spies be repeated?

At present there are no plans to repeat the series.

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Is the series available on video?

If you would like a copy of the series please
e-mail [e-mail]

Will any material from the programmes be published?

At present there are no plans to publish but you can read Peter Taylor's report on how True Spies was made on the link below.

The making of True Spies

You can also:

find out why Special Branch had a file on the actor, Ricky Tomlinson;

learn how a former president of the NUM became a police informer;

discover the lengths to which some Special Branch officers went to assume new identities to 'subvert the subversives';

read the story of Steve - one of the UK's most successful spies;

find out which former Labour MP was spied on by Special Branch during the 1980s;

and how a freelance spy stopped the Newbury bypass protest.

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Can I watch extended interviews with contributors to the programme?

Yes, you can watch extended interviews with:

Ricky Tomlinson, actor

Tony Robinson, former Special Branch Officer

Stella Rimington, former MI5 Chief

Arthur Scargill, former leader of the NUM

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Where can I watch the debate about the "Secret State"?

You can watch the debate with Peter Taylor, True Spies reporter; Sir Charles Pollard, former Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police; and John Wadham, Director of Liberty on the 'You shaped the debate' forum page.

Click here for the debate

Where can I find programme transcripts?

The transcript of each programme is on the programme information page.

Click here for programme one: Subversive My Arse

Click here for programme two: Something Better Change

Click here for programme three: It Could Happen to You

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Where can I find details of music used in the series?

There are details of the music used in each programme on the programme information page.

Click here for programme one: Subversive My Arse

Click here for programme two: Something Better Change

Click here for programme three: It Could Happen to You

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Why has my comment not been published?

We could not publish all the comments that we received due to the volume sent. However, we did publish a good cross-section of the views we received.

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Can you tell me about job opportunities/work experience?

BBC jobs are advertised at http://www.bbc.co.uk/jobs. The site also includes information on careers and trainee schemes within the BBC.

All BBC work experience queries should be directed to:

BBC Work Experience
PO Box 27118
London
W12 8ZL
Tel: [phone]

e-mail: [e-mail]

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