003.5

MI5 is wanting to expand its operations for the modern world. But if you think all you need to be a spy is a well-cut tux and the ability to order a Martini, think again - as eight ordinary people found out.

Role model, we presume?
It's a grey day in early March and eight people, who have only just met one another, are waiting nervously in a café in West London.
One by one they are given the number of a flat on a housing estate and given just 10 minutes to talk their way into the property. There's a lot of nervous laughter, and anxiety about the best way to approach the job.
They're reminded that they're only to use persuasion, and that they must under no circumstances use any threatening language or physical intimidation.