Agent Sonya: the Soviet spy who came in from the Cotswolds

<p>She was a top Soviet spy and a colonel in the Red Army, who had plotted to kill Hitler and sent secrets from the British atomic bomb programme to Stalin. So how did Agent Sonya - or Mrs Burton to her neighbours - evade MI5 for so long?</p><p><br></p><p>Guests:&nbsp;</p><p>Ben Macintyre, associate editor and columnist, The Times, and author of&nbsp;Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy.</p><p>Rosa Ellis, interactive journalist, The Times and The Sunday Times.</p><p><br></p><p>Host:&nbsp;David Aaronovitch.</p><p><br></p><p>"<a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Poupis_incredible_adventures_/Komiku_-_Poupis_incredible_adventures__-_46_Merfolk_Music_Box" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merfolk Music Box</a>" by <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Komiku</a> is licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CC0 1.0 </a> (looped from original)</p><p><br></p><p>"<a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious/The_Man_Im_Not/Soft_And_Furious_-_The_Man_Im_Not_-_10_Melancholic_Ending" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Melancholic Ending</a>" by <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Soft and Furious</a> is licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CC0 1.0 </a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>