Limelight Central Intelligence: Series 3 Episodes Episode guide

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1. Episode 10

   LBJ wants peace. Nixon wants the White House.
2. Episode 9

   David Duchovny joins the cast as CIA Vietnam specialist Bill Colby.
3. Episode 8

   America turns against Vietnam — and LBJ wants someone to blame.
4. Episode 7

   One of the CIA’s most daring operations: the hunt for Che in the Bolivian jungle.
5. Episode 6

   Helms finally leads the CIA — just as the world catches fire.
6. Episode 5

   The CIA’s strangest anti-Soviet weapon yet: a spy cat.
7. Episode 4

   LBJ puts the wrong man in charge of the CIA.

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   Fri 31 Jul 2026 14:15

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8. Episode 3

   The CIA war-games Vietnam — and predicts disaster.

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   Fri 24 Jul 2026 14:15

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9. Episode 2

   Britain sells buses to Cuba threatening to derail the special relationship.

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   Friday 14:15

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10. Episode 1

    In Chile, democracy threatens to deliver the wrong result. Starring Kim Cattrall.
11. Trailer

    JFK is dead. LBJ is President — and the CIA enters its most dangerous decade yet.