Part one: To the manor born. Destiny dictator ; Birth, death and circumstance ; Marx and sparks ; Cambridge consolidation ; In the ring ; Graduate in the art of deception

Part two: Our man in Washington. Green spy ; The informants ; A defensive measure ; New republic, old ways

Part three: Cold War conflict. Blunt's royal mission ; Political path to nowhere ; Try of the Trojan ; Sideshow sufferings ; Barkovsky and the bomb spies ; The anti-communist ; The Korean War spies ; Family feud ; A taxing time ; More Moscow connections

Part four: Spies from the past. Career change ; Threats from the past ; First in ... ; Blunt revelations

Part five: Art of the provocateur. Arts at last ; A reunion of old comrades ; Split image of a spy.