简介：Withtheaidofdramatisedscenesandlocation-basedinterviewswithleadinghistorians,thisfilmtellstherivetingstoryofhow,overaneight-weekperiodin1586,England'sgreatestspymasterusedcovertespionagetechniquestofoilaCatholicconspiracytomurderQueenElizabethIandengineeredtheexecutionofMaryQueenofScots. SirFrancisWalsinghamisrecognisedasoneofhistory'smasterspies,thankstotheextraordinarytrapthathesetforMary,QueenofScots.Usingasophisticatednetworkofdoubleagents,informants,andsecretcodesheallowedMarytobelievethatshewasmaster-mindingaplottodestroyElizabeth.Infact,everymoveMarymadewastracked,byinterceptinganddecodinghercorrespondence.Asaresult,theScotsQueenwasexposedasathreattotheCrown,andWalsinghamwasfinallyabletopersuadeElizabethtoexecuteher. AsthemanwhowentontoprepareEngland'sdefencesagainsttheSpanishArmada,Walsinghamshouldbeanationalhero.Buthisquietbrillianceistingedwithfanaticism."WalsinghamwasresponsibleforprotectingtheQueenfromassassinationandhesawitashisdutytouseeveryweaponinhisarsenal,"sayshistorianJohnCooper.SowhywasthisdangerousprinceofspiessodedicatedtohisQueenandcountry? Inthistensedocumentarywe'llexplorenewvisualevidencethatwilltransformourunderstandingofWalsingham'sdarkworld.ThiswillincludeforensicX-rayanddatinganalysiswhichwillreveala'lost'imagebehindoneofthebest-knownportraitsofthewiliestElizabethan.We'llalsotellthestoryofoneofthemostsuccessfulandthrillingintelligenceoperationsinEnglishhistorythroughcompelling,dramatisedsequences.…