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Reilly, ace of spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of sidney reilly, a russian jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the british. The emmynominated true saga of russianborn british spy sidney reilly and his exploits in the early decades of the 20th century, including his involvement in a plot to overthrow lenin. Although often fanciful, the script by troy kennedy martin packs such tremendous excitement and intrigue into every. His father, bruce lockhart was intimately involved in some of the major missions carried out by reilly. Reilly ace of spies is the dramatised story of arguably britains most successful spy. The programme is based on books by robin bruce lockhart, the son of reillys fellow agent sir robert bruce lockhart. Ace of spies is on tv, including series 1episode 2.
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