The Gadget Master | MI6 | WW2
Vanessa Kirby meets the reluctant inspiration for Ian Fleming's gadget-master, Q.
True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics
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Show Notes
Missionary. Agent. Inventor.
Charles Fraser-Smith fought his war from a workshop, creating the real-life equipment that would inspire one of Ian Flemings' most beloved creations - Q, the MI6 quartermaster. During WW2, Fraser-Smith was the mind behind some of the British spy's most essential kit in the fight against the Nazis. Vanessa Kirby meets the man behind the gadgets. Could YOU bring it back in one piece? From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Charles Fraser-Smith is voiced by Tom Hayes. Series producers: Gemma Newby, Joe Foley. Produced by Leo Hornak. Music by Nick Ryan.
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