If you would like to support my channel and gain access to membership rewards and benefits, please consider buying me a coffee! ☕ https://bmc.link/philipthompson Oleg Gordievsky was the highest ranking KGB officer to ever become a British spy. He almost single-handedly shaped world events at one of the most dangerous times in global history during the Cold War when humanity peered over the precipice of nuclear holocaust. The plan to rescue him from deep behind the Iron Curtain after he was compromised was thought to be virtually impossible. While to his motherland he remains a traitor, to the Western world he is a hero that risked it all for the sake of the democratic freedoms most of us take for granted. This is the Gripping Tale of Britain's Greatest Spy. 0:00 - Introduction 0:51 - Early Life 3:07 - Coming of Age 5:51 - Joining the KGB 9:00 - A Dangerous Courtship 12:41 - Sunbeam 16:41 - Operation PIMLICO 20:38 - Return to Russia 23:21 - Spying in London 28:15 - Moscow Recall 32:59 - The Escape 40:23 - The Legacy 42:33 - Outro If you enjoyed this video, please consider LIKING 👍🏻 this video and SUBSCRIBING ✔️ to the channel which will go a long way to helping a new YouTuber's channel grow! Further reading and sources 📚: (affiliate links) 🛒 📕 Next Stop Execution by Oleg Gordievsky - https://amzn.to/3oQPA7U 📘 The Spy and the Traitor by Ben McIntyre - https://amzn.to/3SniRVh 🎹 ROYALTY-FREE MUSIC ATTRIBUTIONS: 🎼 Tunetank: https://tunetank.com/ - Time Shift by Empire of Sound - Windwalker by Victor Cooper - Unbroken by Tigran Papazyan Dar Golan: https://www.dargolan-free.com/ - Dramatic Russian Music - 80s Music Silverman Sound Studios: https://www.silvermansound.com/ - Switch Me On - Piano Romantisme - Action and Adventure - Depth of Focus - Dark Side of Mars Fesliyan Studios (non-monetised license): https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/ - Balkan Polka by David Fesliyan - Escape Route by David Fesliyan - Undercover Spy Agent by David Fesliyan - Too Crazy by David Fesliyan