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Prelude to War

Season 1 Episode 2 | 50m 11s

1904: Sidney Reilly passes information that enables the Japanese Fleet to sink the Russian Pacific Squadron, setting off the Russo-Japanese War. Reilly's wife, Margaret, leaves after her affair with Greenberg is discovered. Reilly is captured by the Russians and held as the Japanese attack begins.

Aired: 10/05/22
Extras
Reilly marries Pepita and seeks revenge for the death of his best friend, Boris Savinkov.
Sidney Reilly's plan to seize power from the Bolsheviks goes wrong.
Reilly heads to Moscow to persuade the Bolsheviks to end their peace treaty with Germany.
Reilly is interrogated and tortured by the Bolsheviks under Stalin's orders.
Now in New York, Reilly is working with the FBI to thwart Bolshevik agents in America.
Reilly returns to London, where he is met with acclaim – and an official inquiry.
Sigmund Rosenblum escapes from Russian custody and heads for London.
Reilly is in St. Petersburg for "the arms sale of the century."
Reilly undertakes a mission that forces him to make some hard decisions.
Reilly angles to win the weapons contract with a complicated plan.
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Reilly marries Pepita and seeks revenge for the death of his best friend, Boris Savinkov.
Sidney Reilly's plan to seize power from the Bolsheviks goes wrong.
Reilly heads to Moscow to persuade the Bolsheviks to end their peace treaty with Germany.
Reilly is interrogated and tortured by the Bolsheviks under Stalin's orders.
Now in New York, Reilly is working with the FBI to thwart Bolshevik agents in America.
Reilly returns to London, where he is met with acclaim – and an official inquiry.
Sigmund Rosenblum escapes from Russian custody and heads for London.
Reilly is in St. Petersburg for "the arms sale of the century."
Reilly undertakes a mission that forces him to make some hard decisions.
Reilly angles to win the weapons contract with a complicated plan.