Betrayal!

Season 1
Betrayal! takes viewers inside a secret world of heroes and rogues, exposing men and women who betray their families, friends and nations for money, sex, ego or principle. For these people, the stakes are often greater than life itself, and the game is won by doing whatever it takes.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Gerald Bull: A Deal With The Devil

    January 18, 2004
    47min
    13+
    Dr. Gerald Vincent Bull was one of the world's foremost experts on ballistics and weapons systems, until his lifeless body was discovered on the doorstep of his Brussels apartment. This Canadian scientist was contracted by the government of Saddam Hussein to build an extraordinary artillery piece known as the "supergun". His assassination sparked a murder mystery that remains unsolved to this day.
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  2. S1 E2 - Karl Koecher: Stranger In A Strange Land

    January 25, 2004
    47min
    13+
    He was a linguist, a brilliant academic, and a master spy. She was a seductive blonde beauty, dressed in minks and diamonds. Karl Koecher is the only intelligence agent from the Soviet Bloc who succeeded in penetrating the CIA. He and his wife Hana spent twenty years leading a double life as "sleepers", Soviet moles building up a carefully designed identity.
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  3. S1 E3 - Oswald Mosely: The English Furher

    January 2, 2004
    47min
    13+
    Sir Oswald Mosley led the British Union of Fascists in the London of the dirty thirties. He stood on the podium in Rome beside Mussolini. Hitler attended his wedding in Berlin. But was Sir Oswald Mosley a traitor? How deep was his involvement with Adolph Hitler? Recent revelations from British intelligence reveal a right wing coup almost hatched in the heart of London.
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  4. S1 E4 - Mordechai Vanunu: Israel's Nuclear Spy

    February 8, 2004
    47min
    13+
    Mordechai Vanunu is widely considered a hero by anti nuclear activists worldwide and a traitor by most Israelis. A former technician in Israel's top-secret nuclear facility, Vanunu revealed to the world details about Israel's suspected nuclear weapons program. Was he a ruthless traitor or a heroic whistle blower?
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  5. S1 E5 - Aldrich Ames: A Spy Like Us

    February 15, 2004
    47min
    13+
    Aldrich Ames was probably the most damaging mole in CIA history. In 1985, he single handedly shut down the CIA's eyes and ears behind the Iron Curtain by revealing to the KGB the name of every "human asset" that was secretly spying for the West. At least 10 agents were executed, and dozens were condemned to harsh prison sentences in the Soviet gulag.
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  6. S1 E6 - Edwin Wilson: A Case of Reasonable Doubt

    February 22, 2004
    47min
    13+
    On his 2,500-acre farm, Ed Wilson hosted afternoon BBQs and swanky evening parties for senators, congressman, admirals, generals and CIA officers. But behind Wilson's charming exterior lay a man deep in the world of illicit arms smuggling and international mercenaries. At the time of his arrest, Wilson was the United States most wanted fugitive in the world- or was he in fact, a CIA operative?
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  7. S1 E7 - George Blake: Master Of Deception

    February 29, 2004
    47min
    13+
    George Blake was a WWII naval officer recruited by M16. Britain's legendary spy service. While on assignment in Korea, the Korean War broke out and Blake was taken prisoner by the Communist invaders.While in captivity, Blake secretly approached the Soviets and became an agent for the KGB. George Blake would become the most damaging double agent to ever work for M16.
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  8. S1 E8 - Jonathan Pollard: American Fall Guy?

    March 5, 2004
    47min
    13+
    For over a year and a half Jonathan Jay Pollard, a Jewish American Naval Intelligence Analyst, passed volumes of classified information to the State of Israel. When Pollard's betrayal was exposed, it created a firestorm of controversy and tension between Washington and Tel Aviv - why would Israel spy on the United States, its greatest supporter?
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Directors

Tim Wolochatiuk

Producers

Tim WolochatiukSimcha JacoboviciRobert Topol

Studio

Syndicado
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