Episodes

  • The Choice | The Wargame Ep 5

    The Choice | The Wargame Ep 5
    Jun 23 2025
    Hostilities worsen despite attempts to broker a ceasefire. What happens next requires difficult decisions and hard choices.
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    Russia knows our weaknesses. But do you?

    A major five-part series from Sky News and Tortoise which imagines how a Russian attack on the UK could play out – and invites real-life former ministers, military chiefs and other experts to figure out how to defend the country.

    Written and presented by Sky News' security and defence editor, Deborah Haynes.
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    54 mins
  • Ultimatum | The Wargame Ep 4

    Ultimatum | The Wargame Ep 4
    Jun 16 2025
    A city is on fire. The UK fights back. Russia and Britain both have nuclear weapons. Will either country use them?

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    Russia knows our weaknesses. But do you?

    A major five-part series from Sky News and Tortoise which imagines how a Russian attack on the UK could play out – and invites real-life former ministers, military chiefs and other experts to figure out how to defend the country.

    Written and presented by Sky News' security and defence editor, Deborah Haynes.

    Episode 5 will be released on 24th June 2025.
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    58 mins
  • Where's the War Book? | The Wargame Ep 3

    Where's the War Book? | The Wargame Ep 3
    Jun 16 2025
    The Prime Minister must address the nation. Meanwhile his ministers and officials do their best to deal with a crisis the UK hasn’t seriously prepared for in a generation.

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    Russia knows our weaknesses. But do you?

    A major five-part series from Sky News and Tortoise which imagines how a Russian attack on the UK could play out – and invites real-life former ministers, military chiefs and other experts to figure out how to defend the country.

    Written and presented by Sky News' security and defence editor, Deborah Haynes.

    Episode 5 will be released on 24th June 2025.
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    49 mins
  • Armed Attack | The Wargame Ep 2

    Armed Attack | The Wargame Ep 2
    Jun 9 2025
    Hostilities with Russia erupt into an unprecedented attack. The Prime Minister and his team scramble to respond. Will the UK’s allies choose to help them?

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    Russia knows our weaknesses. But do you?

    A major five-part series from Sky News and Tortoise which imagines how a Russian attack on the UK could play out – and invites real-life former ministers, military chiefs and other experts to figure out how to defend the country.

    Written and presented by Sky News' security and defence editor, Deborah Haynes.


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    54 mins
  • False Flag | The Wargame Ep 1

    False Flag | The Wargame Ep 1
    Jun 9 2025
    Tensions with Russia escalate, and an imaginary week in the near future takes a turn for the unexpected. The Prime Minister calls an emergency Cobra meeting.

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    Russia knows our weaknesses. But do you?

    A major five-part series from Sky News and Tortoise which imagines how a Russian attack on the UK could play out – and invites real-life former ministers, military chiefs and other experts to figure out how to defend the country.

    Written and presented by Sky News' security and defence editor, Deborah Haynes.
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    59 mins
  • Introducing... The Wargame

    Introducing... The Wargame
    May 20 2025
    A bunker. A scenario. A group of former senior ministers, military chiefs and other experts. Russia knows our weaknesses – but do you?

    Sky News' security and defence editor Deborah Haynes presents The Wargame – a major new five-part series from Sky News and Tortoise, set in the near future.


    Launching 10th June.
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    3 mins
  • Living in the Grey Zone - MI5 and the Russia threat | Grey Zone Ep 9

    Living in the Grey Zone - MI5 and the Russia threat | Grey Zone Ep 9
    Mar 3 2021
    In this final episode, we have the first ever interview with serving MI5 officers who work in counter intelligence.

    Tom and Kate talk about the challenge of grey zone threats from Russia and reveal their shock at the Salisbury spy poisonings.

    They also reveal that the Security Service has bolstered protection for people in the UK deemed at risk from Russia and is doing “everything we can” to prevent another Salisbury-style attack, but there are no “absolute guarantees” – in the grey zone.

    Guests:
    Tom, senior MI5 intelligence officer working on Russia
    Kate, MI5 intelligence officer investigating the activities of Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU
    Lord Mark Sedwill, former UK national security adviser
    Dominic Grieve, former senior Conservative MP, former chair of Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee, former attorney general

    Credits:
    Written and narrated by Deborah Haynes
    Edited and produced by Chris Scott
    Production support from Sophia McBide and Michael Greenfield
    The Head of Sky News Radio is Dave Terris
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    51 mins
  • When The Grey Zone Becomes A War Zone | Grey Zone Ep 8

    When The Grey Zone Becomes A War Zone | Grey Zone Ep 8
    Mar 1 2021
    What happens when the grey zone becomes a war zone and what might future wars look like, with hypersonic missiles, artificial intelligence and cyber changing calculations?

    These are questions Sky News journalist Deborah Haynes explores in this episode, in part, by looking at Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

    She also talks to General Sir Nick Carter, the head of Britain’s armed forces, about what he thinks is the gravest threat to the UK and about how the military is adapting to operate in the grey zone.

    Guests:
    General Sir Nick Carter, Chief of the Defence Staff
    General Sir Richard Barrons, former head of Joint Command, now Strategic Command
    Emine Dzhaparova , First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine
    Sergei Markov, political scientist and former member of the Russian parliament
    Keir Giles, senior consulting fellow at Chatham House
    Orysia Lutsevych, head and research fellow, Ukraine Forum, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House

    Credits:
    Written and narrated by Deborah Haynes
    Edited and produced by Chris Scott
    Production support from Sophia McBide and Michael Greenfield
    The Head of Sky News Radio is Dave Terris
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    43 mins