As a profession, espionage demands a level of secrecy, deception, and telling bold-faced lies.
The Secret Intelligence Service is run by power-hungry, amoral men; deception is their chosen profession. Many an evil deed has been committed by paper pushers. Yes, bureaucrats can kill more than just your valuable time.

The BBC TV series is 290 minutes. Moves incredibly slow, by today's standards. Featuring, Alex Guinness and Patrick Steward. For the 'dorkus malorkus'; you may know them as 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' and 'Captain Jean-Luc Picard', commander of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D).

...word is you are the best.
-The Specialist (1994)