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Timewatch: Season 30
Season 29

Air Date

October 25, 2011

Episodes

4 episodes

Timewatch

Season 30

Episodes

Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes

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

October 25, 2011
60 min

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

November 1, 2011
60 min

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

November 8, 2011
60 min

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

November 15, 2011
60 min

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.

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