12 Jul 2011
The World's Biggest Bomb Revealed
National Geographic 2011 Documentary on the World's Biggest Bomb (UK).
Secrets & Spies
A Nuclear Game
A dangerous game is played in the 80s as the Cold War brings two superpowers to the brink.
Top Billed Cast
Ronald Reagan Self (Archive)
Margaret Thatcher Self (Archive)
Martin Munro Oleg Gordievsky
Oleg Gordievsky Self (Archive)
Aldrich Ames Self (Archive)
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