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Walter's War Trailer
Walter’s War • S1, Episode 0
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Basia Cummings
Editor, Tortoise Studios
Gary Marshall
Narrative Editor
31 mins • S1, E1
An English gentleman | Walter's War Ep 1
It’s London, 2012. Oliver is a dashing diplomat. Charlie is a young graduate trying to find her feet in the world. They meet online and she falls in love. A few months into the relationship, and with his encouragement, Charlie applies for a job in British intelligence. She feels optimistic, the interview goes well but then she receives a text message that turns her life - and her relationship - upside down. 10 years later, a mystery is still hanging over her. Walter's War is an investigation into what happened next – a journey through big tech and national security, hype and hucksterism, where anyone who can tell a good story can go far. But how much is true?
32 mins • S1, E2
The secret life of Walter Mitty | Walter's War Ep 2
Basia begins unravelling the ‘tissue of lies’, but it becomes clear that some of Oliver’s claims exist in the grey area, and in the secretive world in which he works, it’s hard to sift fact from fiction. Did he serve in the military? Is he an aristocrat? And as she traces his rise in national security, she is pulled into a bigger story – about a company, and a threat that is facing us all.
37 mins • S1, E3
The rebellion | Walter's War Ep 3
36 mins • S1, E4
The confidence game | Walter's War Ep 4
Things begin to fall apart. Only a few years after Rebellion Defense’s rapid rise, it appears to be in trouble. The rebellion has failed to take off. In the secretive world of the military and big tech, Basia is met with a wall of silence as she tries to see inside the company… until a few former staffers agree to speak to her, revealing what happened behind closed doors.
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