← Back to Timewatch
Season 30

Season 30

2011-10-25
4 Episodes

Episodes

Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes

1. Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes

2011-10-25

Watch

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.

The Most Courageous Raid of World War II

2. The Most Courageous Raid of World War II

2011-11-01

Watch

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.

Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams

3. Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams

2011-11-08

Watch

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.

Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story

4. Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story

2011-11-15

Watch

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.