Sadly, it has been announced that Jeremy Beadle has passed away. He died from pneumonia after being diagnosed with a form of leukaemia. The news will come as a shock to all those that can remember his incredibly popular hidden camera show ‘Beadle’s About’ on ITV. The show would carry out practical jokes on people that had no knowledge they were actually victims of a prank. (more…)

This is quite an amusing video that provides a tutorial on how to carry out a spying mission. It shows a variety of gadgets that can be used to carry out surveillance and trace the movements of an intended target.

There are some well known methods that can be used at home such as using undetectable spy cameras. Its quite a useful look at how to tap someone’s calls, track their activities on the computer, and other general ways of spying. (more…)

Over the years there has been a lot of good spy entertainment both on TV and the movies. One show I quite like is I Spy starring Robert Culp and Bill Cosby. The show is based on the espionage genre about two secret agents who carry out missions on behalf of their employer, the Pentagon, in far-flung places. I caught a few of the episodes on YouTube, but they usually get taken off after a while, possibly because of copyright issues. Anyway, these are both very good actors in their own right, especially Culp who guest starred in four Columbo films, playing the killer in the first three and the a father of a killer in the fourth. (more…)

Alias is an incredibly well written TV show created by J.J. Abrams, and has won many awards too. It is a top spy drama full of action and gritty plot lines that aired from 2001 to 2006. What stands out from this spy drama is that the lead is played by Jennifer Garner, who’s martial arts skills are something to be reckoned with! The spy gadgets in Alias makes James Bond look like a school boy! (more…)

If you enjoy spy dramas and movies, then you’ll probably enjoy Spooks (which is called MI5 in the US and Canada). If you’ve already seen Spooks before, you know what I mean when I say its a gripping and fascinating TV series. There have been 5 seasons so far, and there’s a new series on the way due to be aired in Autumn 2007. (more…)

It’s amazing what spy toy gadgets you can get these days. A simple search shows that you can get spy watches, spy planes, spy cars, bugs, tracking gear, self-destructing spy paper, alarm systems and walkie talkies. And these gadgets have been designed for kids! Ahem, but you might need to “test” them before letting the toys loose on your children, cousins, nephews, nieces! (more…)

The International Spy Museum in Downtown, Washington, DC is a museum dedicated to all things spy related, including spy techniques, gadgets, weapons, vehicles and code breaking! You can learn about all of history’s spy masters and how they used the intelligence their spies gathered. Some of the spy masters include, Elizabeth I, George Washington, and Joseph Stalin. (more…)

The UK BBC TV Show Bugs was a massive success in the late 1990s featuring a team of 3 free-lance surveillance specialists tackling a variety of high-tech criminals. The episodes featured a healthy dose of explosions, surveillance gadgetry and believable futuristic story lines set around many London settings. (more…)