I was recruited in that old fashioned way, but of course these days the service has a website and a recruitment team which goes round universities and run open evenings at various places. I thought even if I move on from this, it's got to be a once in a lifetime opportunity and it will be interesting to find out what the job is really about. But one interview followed on to the next and I was sent on a training course. It just hadn't come across my radar at all.
I didn't even know the difference between MI5 or MI6. I knew the job wasn't going to be James Bond but I was curious to know more. He stood there and replied: "Have you ever thought of working for your country?" I had no idea what he was talking about, but I just said: "Yeah, sure." After that I got an envelope in my pigeonhole from an anonymous government department inviting me up to London for an interview. I was in my final year at Oxford University when my tutor came to me one day and said: "What are you thinking of doing with your career?" I told him I was thinking of the police or the army. I was recruited by the secret service during the cold war. As well as a frequent commentator on espionage, Ferguson is currently helping to promote the hit US TV series The Blacklist, starring James Spader as a master criminal turned FBI informer. In 2005, he starred with Mike Baker of the CIA in the BBC2 series Spy and wrote the book accompanying the series: Spy – A Handbook. It's invaluable information formerly available only to a select few - and now it's available to you, too! Includes a foreword by Ian Sharp, action director of the classic James Bond film Goldeneye.H arry Ferguson is a former MI6 intelligence officer and was an undercover agent for the National Investigation Service (NIS). And much more! The book covers more than 100 tips and techniques in all, as detailed by Red Riley, a former SAS and MI6 operative.
Inside you'll find dozens of real secret agent skills and tips detailed and explained, often with helpful illustrations to clarify how they're done. Foreword written by a director of the James Bond film franchise MI6 Spy Skills for Civilians shows you how to master the skills of a British agent in order to protect yourself and others, be sneakier and handle any situation - even if it involves escaping from a hostile foreign country. Packed with fascinating information about real-world spies and their cinematic counterparts
Details more than 100 skills, tips and techniques employed by spies to get the job done Written by a former SAS officer and MI6 operative for Her Majesty's Secret Service
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