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The story of an Israeli double agent who died in mysterious circumstances

Watch The Spy Who Fell to Earth on BBC Select

The incredible story of Ashraf ‘The Angel’ Marwan, an Egyptian billionaire who was also an Israeli double agent. Soon after a writer unmasked The Angel as a spy, Marwan died in mysterious circumstances, falling from his London flat. It is not known whether he was pushed or jumped.

This thrilling documentary tries to unearth who Marwan was and whether he was driven to suicide or murdered.

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