Season 30 (2011)
Episodes: 4
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes
Air Date: 2011-10-25
Documentary revealing the secret story of how two men hacked into Hitler's personal super-code machine. Their break turned the Battle of Kursk and powered the D-Day landings.
Ep.2 The Most Courageous Raid of World War II
Air Date: 2011-11-01
Lord Ashdown tells the story of the Cockleshell Heroes, who took part in one of the most audacious commando raids of World War II - to blow up enemy shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
Ep.3 Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams
Air Date: 2011-11-08
James Holland presents an analysis of the 1943 mission to destroy German dams with a brand-new weapon - the bouncing bomb. Extraordinarily, the raid almost never happened.
Ep.4 Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story
Air Date: 2011-11-15
Ben MacIntyre reveals the true story of Britain's most extraordinary wartime double agent, Eddie Chapman. Featuring remarkable footage of Chapman three years before his death.