S27E265 - Understanding British Secret Intelligence with Dr. M Hanif Majothi (Part 2)
Published: September 20, 2026
Duration: 37:46
Understanding British Secret Intelligence with Dr. M Hanif Majothi (Part 2)
Black Spy Podcast number 265 Season 27, Episode 0003
THE BLACK SPY PODCAST — SPECIAL THREE-PART SERIES
Who really created Britain's secret intelligence system?
In this compelling three-part series, Carlton King is joined by Dr. Mohamed Hanif Majothi to examine the origins of one of the least understood — yet most important — institutions in British national security: Metropolitan Police Special Branch.
The conventional history places its creation in 1883. Dr. Majothi challenges that accepted date, arguing that 1887, when funding was provided for the organi...