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Document 1: What Do We Know About Britain's Spy Agencies?
MI 1-19 (Military Intelligence)
Responsible for war-time logistics, collect information, support law-enforcement and support the troops (maps, evade the enemy...)
All branches were disolved after WW2 or absorbed by the MI 5-6
MI 5 (Security Service) protecting UK's internal affairs
Operates and monitors domestically (on British soil)
Started mass-surveillance after 9.11 and admitted doing it in 2015
MI 6 (Secret Intelligence Service), protecting British foreign interests
spies on other countries
The equivalent of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
the British equivalent of the FBI
Most information related to the service remains secret
the government officially recognized its existence in 1994
Created in 1909
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Document 2: The Avengers - British TV - Mini Episode
Characters
Man, John Steed (Patrick Macnee)
Woman, Mrs Emma Peel (Diana Rigg)
Clothes
man
black suit
bowler hat
sword hidden in an umbrella
Created in 1961, broadcast in the 60's
in love with Mrs Peel
gentleman
glamorous
woman
make-up
upper-class
fancy
beautiful
fashionable
trendy
castle, estate, manor house
luxury car, Rolls Royce
weapons
golden gun
sword
bow and arrow
Document 3: The Origins of James Bond
character
James Bond
British secret agent
created by Ian Fleming
12 novels, 9 short-stories
actors
Sean Connery
Roger Moore
Daniel Craig
created on his estate in Jamaica, Goldeneye, in 1952
first published in 1953
code name: 007
named after an American ornithologist
MI6 spy
1st film in 1962, Dr. No
license to kill
characteristics
20 movies
video game
womanizer
favorite car: Aston Martin
drinks Martinis shaken not stirred
train number Fleming used to take to go to London
gentleman
never dies
ruthless with his ennemies
works by himself
English novelist
spy novels
lived during the Cold War
came from a rich family
his father was a MP (Member of the British Parliament)
born in London in 1908 and died in Jamaica in 1964
studied in Germany and Switzerland
married Anna in 1952
worked in a bank and as a journalist (the Sunday Times) before the war
became a secret agent during WW2, for the British Navy
wrote 12 James Bond novels
wrote the 1st in 1953 (Casino Royal)
he was a heavy drinker and smoker
had a child in 1948 (died at an early age)
had a son in
always kept in touch with the other agents
war between the West (UK, USA, France, West Germany) and the East (USSR, satellites states, China, Cuba..)
not married
he constantly says "We're needed"
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