Spycraft (Season 1)

Spycraft (2021) is a Netflix documentary series you can watch online on iFILM, and it looks at espionage from an unusual side — not the agents, but their gear. Across eight episodes it treats the tools of the trade as the real protagonists.

Each chapter takes one discipline apart. Disguise and prosthetics, button-sized cameras, signal interception, silent assassination weapons, recruitment and the head games that turn a target into an asset. Former CIA and KGB officers, historians and gadget collector Keith Melton walk through how the methods actually worked, while real cases supply the proof — the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, the leaks of Edward Snowden, Cold War operations dragged back into daylight.

What sets it apart is the focus on mechanics over cloak-and-dagger glamour: you learn why a clever trick succeeded, and why others fell apart. A solid pick for viewers tired of spy thrillers who want to know how the craft really functions. Stream all episodes of Spycraft online on iFILM.