M Is For Maxwell Knight

First broadcast 20090127. First repeated 20090504.

Writer and historian Christopher Lee tells the story of the popular 1950s radio and television naturalist Maxwell Knight, who led a secret existence as an MI5 spy runner. He discovers what it was about this quietly spoken and gentle man that made him such a successful spymaster and inspired Ian Fleming to use him as a model for the character of M in his James Bond novels.

The story of the 1950s naturalist Maxwell Knight, who led a secret existence as an MI5 spy