I need action/spy/crime type show recommendations...

One example, when building the US Embassy in Russia in the 70s, the labor workers were Russian and the materials came from Russia. They discovered the top three floors of the building had hundreds of microphones built into the walls.  Fortunately this was discovered before the building was finished.  They had to tear the top three floors off and rebuild them with American labor and materials brought in from the states.



Another was a tiny microphone and transmitter that was embedded into a bullet! This bullet could be fired into anything and then used to listen to the transmitted voices. This was used to spy on two Russians in a very secure building that could not be breached to plant a device. The bullet device was fired from a gun and embedded into a tree near where the Russians were talking.  I find this just so amazing and creative.

A very interesting and famous one was a Russian device built in 1945 that had no electronic parts in it so it could not be detected by any bug-seeking equipment. It sat dormant in the desired location until the KGB activated it by aiming a high frequency radio beam at the building where it was located.  It then transmitted voices to a Russian office across the street.  This device was hidden in a beautiful carved wooden plaque gifted to an American ambassador by a little boy that was the Russian equivalent of a boy scout.  The Ambassador hung this on the wall behind his desk.  It transmitted conversations to the Russians for 7 years before it was discovered.

Of course we were capable of spying on other countries as well.  The listening device planted in the Russian Embassy in Washington was deployed in a very ingenious way too.

I was so taken by how powerful it is to have a very pregnant woman saving the day. The pregnancy was just another part of her character and did not detract from her ability to bring down the bad guy. What a powerful image. Plus Olivia Coleman of course.