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and ex-director of the university's Oral History Unit. His books have mostly been about the UK's intelligence services. With Robin Ramsay, Dorril co-founded the magazine ''

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'' programme. His first book ''Honeytrap'', written with

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Career

Dorril has appeared as a specialist and consultant regarding intelligence matters on several radio and television programs: ''

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, and others. Dorril also served as a consultant on a forthcoming

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series on the intelligence services.

Works

Articles

"Biography."
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Books

* ''Honeytrap: The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward'', with

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(1987). . * ''Smear!: Wilson and the Secret State''. New York:

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(1992). . * ''The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s''. Portsmouth, New Hampshire:

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(1993). . * '' MI6: Fifty Years of Special Operations''. London:

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(2002) * ''MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service''. New York:

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(2002). . * ''Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley and British Fascism''. New York:

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Media appearances

''The Man Who Knew Too Much''
(2021) *
Extended interview.
* ''L'affaire Jack King'' (2015)
''BBC Inside Out: Yorkshire and Lincolnshire''
(2002)
''Spy Secrets: Playing Dirty''
(2003)

Conference papers

* "The Secret Intelligence Service and Journalists During the Cold War." Delivered at the ''Journalism and History: Dialogues Conference'',

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(Sep. 15, 2010).

References

External links

Official website
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