Season 30

S30 · E1 · 25/10/2011 · 1 h 00 min

Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes

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.

S30 · E2 · 01/11/2011 · 1 h 00 min

The Most Courageous Raid of World War II

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.

S30 · E3 · 08/11/2011 · 1 h 00 min

Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams

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.

S30 · E4 · 15/11/2011 · 1 h 00 min

Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story

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.