The best documentaries of 2011 from Roger Ebert

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1. If you like WW2 spy stories :Double Agent - the Eddie Chapman Story

The most extraordinary spy in British history
writer and presenter Ben Macintyre returns to the small screen to bring to life his other best selling book - Agent Zigzag. As part of the Timewatch series, Macintyre will reveal the gripping true story of Britain's most extraordinary wartime double agent, Eddie Chapman.

A notorious safe-breaker before the war, Chapman duped the Germans so successfully that he was awarded their highest decoration, the Iron Cross. He remains the only British citizen ever to win one. Including remarkable and newly-discovered footage from an interview Chapman gave three years before his death in 1997, Macintyre goes on the trail of one of Britain's most unlikely heroes in this true-life ripping yarn - a story of adventure, love, intrigue and astonishing courage.

Reviews

A dream story told with great flair The Times

Very entertaining... a terrific tale The Independent



A thrilling war documentary Metro

A rip-roaring tale, expertly and enthusiastically told The Guardian


Fascinating The Telegraph

Riveting The Times