Intrigue

In episode two of the Ratline we meet the Wachters, Otto and Charlotte and chart their ascent to power. Otto's job takes... Read more

“I started dancing with Eveline.” A final twist in the final chapter.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Hel... Read more

“I didn’t want to be a part of this new world.” Joachim is on holiday in East Germany when he hears Berlin is to be divi... Read more

Philippe Sands investigates the mysterious disappearance of senior Nazi, Otto Wachter, who was indicted for mass murder.... Read more

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tu... Read more

In a bonus episode of Intrigue: The Ratline, Stephen Fry interviews Philippe Sands in front of an audience at the BBC Ra... Read more

“He hadn’t really understood that he would be singled out.” How to tell who the jihadists are. When James Le Mesurier fe... Read more

“If you don’t have a coffee, then bring me a cognac.” Ellen's plan is derailed.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin... Read more

“And then my interrogation began.” The escape operation unravels.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena ... Read more

“I choose the codename Fred.” A hairdresser becomes a Stasi spy.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena M... Read more

“If we could hear them, they could hear us.” The diggers reach the terrifying death strip.Thirty years after the fall of... Read more

I said "ok, I'll do it”. Ellen, Mimmo's girlfriend, agrees to play a dangerous role.Thirty years after the fall of the B... Read more

Whilst Charlotte Wachter and her children spend the summer in Zell am See, Otto is in Lemberg overseeing the 'Grosse Akt... Read more

“I was naked having a strip search and I just know James was somewhere laughing his head off.” Who was James Le Mesurier... Read more

“That’s the first time I saw her again.” Wolfdieter's show trial begins.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, ... Read more

“We had no chance to be together.” The diggers hatch a new plan, unaware the Stasi are onto them.Thirty years after the ... Read more

“The story sounds like a purely English murder.” The rumour mill starts over who or what killed James Le Mesurier. When ... Read more

The war is over and Otto has disappeared. Whilst his friends are committing suicide or being tried for mass murder Otto ... Read more

“I had to do it because my colleagues faced death.” Now the rescuers need saving. When James Le Mesurier fell to his dea... Read more

Midnight. Rome. 1949. Otto arrives in the eternal city, penniless, homeless, searching for a way out to Argentina. He's ... Read more