The Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6, are a not-so-secret government agency that collates vast amounts of foreign intelligence and feeds this information back to the British government. The agency has been at the forefront of intelligence gathering throughout both World Wars, the Cold War and the War on Terror. Most secret agents travel the globe, leaving no stone unturned. However, far from their cinematic counterparts like James Bond, they do not have a license to kill. So why would this government agency want to assassinate a 14-year-old boy from Greater Manchester?…
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This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton.
Narration, audio editing and production direction also by Benjamin Fitton. Script editing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.
MUSIC
IA03 by Andrew Sacco
Cylinder Three by Chris Zabriskie
Ftrjrny by Ars Sonor
I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor by Chris Zabriskie
Rgrdlzz by Ars Sonor
Snowmen by Kai Engel
Time Passing By by Jason Shaw
All music sourced from http://freemusicarchive.org and used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
REFERENCES
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2004/may/29/crime.uknews
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2005/02/bachrach200502
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/boy-14-posed-as-spy-to-arrange-his-own-murder-565124.html
Kill Me If You Can - Documentary by Channel 4 / Firefly Productions
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