Liam (not his real name and voiced by an actor) tells Emma Tracey what it’s like to work as a senior manager and the responsibility he feels for protecting public security.

He reveals the moment he first experienced autistic burnout and the strategies he has learned to cope going forward. Liam goes on to describe the support he was offered by MI5 and his colleagues.

The BBC’s Security Correspondent, Gordon Corera, also drops by to give the inside story on the role of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency and offers up some interesting spy stories from the past.

Presenter: Emma Tracey

Producer: Alex Collins

Actor voicing Liam: Matthew McCloud

Mixed by Dave O'Neill

Editors: Beth Rose and Daniel Gordon

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