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Digging the Great Escape

  • Category: Military & War

Witness an ambitious plan to excavate the POW camp tunnel from which 76 Allied airmen famously escaped in 1944. Find out how the troops eluded the German guards at Stalag Luft III

Digging the Great Escape is not currently available on demand.

  • Guy Martin's Spitfire

    Description: Guy joins the two-year restoration of a Spitfire that was buried in a French beach.; Category: Engineering; 1 episode available.

  • Last Heroes of D-Day

    Description: Dan Snow reveals how the D-Day landings were conducted.; Category: Military & War; 2 episodes available.

  • Churchill's Toy Shop

    Description: Documentary about Churchill's group of scientists working on secret weapons during WWII.; Category: History; 1 episode available.

  • Guy Martin's World War 1 Tank

    Description: Guy builds a working replica of a WWI tank and drives it at a Remembrance Day parade.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 1 episode available.

  • The Men and the Machines that Beat Hitler

    Description: Documentary about the veterans who fought in the 5th Royal Tank Regiment during WWII.; Category: Military & War; 2 episodes available.

  • Churchill's Bodyguard

    Description: Historical documentary series based upon the memoirs of Walter Thompson.; Category: History; 13 episodes available.

  • D-Day: Last Words

    Description: The recollections of those involved in D-Day on June 6, 1944.; Category: Military & War; 2 episodes available.

  • The Battle of Britain

    Description: An in-depth look at one of the most pivotal battles of the war.; Category: Military & War; 1 episode available.

  • War's Secret Shame: Shell Shock

    Description: Dan Snow examines the devastating impact war has on the mental health of soldiers.; Category: Military & War; 1 episode available.

  • D-Day To Berlin

    Description: Docu-drama charting the campaign waged by Allied forces towards the end of WWII.; Category: Military & War; 3 episodes available.

  • David Jason's Secret Service

    Description: David Jason offers insights into modern British spy history.; Category: History; 3 episodes available.

  • Guy Martin's D-Day Landing

    Description: Guy parachutes into Normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.; Category: Military & War; 1 episode available.