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Categories: Drama: War & Disaster

  1. Operation Mincemeat

    A mocked idea to feed false plans to the Nazis via a drowned corpse is brought to life.

    BBC Two

  2. Lawrence of Arabia

    Idealistic, misfit British officer TE Lawrence leads a legendary desert campaign.

    BBC Two

  3. Ice Cold in Alex

    Libya, 1942. Captain Anson is cut off from his unit and must return to Alexandria.

    BBC Two

  4. Where Eagles Dare

    Seven paratroopers are sent on a seemingly impossible mission.

    BBC Two

  5. Kelly's Heroes

    A team of American soldiers try to 'liberate' gold ingots from behind enemy lines.

    BBC Two

  6. Gold Run

    Resistance fighters smuggle gold reserves out of Norway before the Nazis invade.

    BBC Four

  7. A Farewell to Arms

    An American serving as an ambulance driver during World War I falls in love with a nurse.

    BBC Two

  8. Operation Crossbow

    A group of agents is sent on a mission to destroy a Nazi V-2 rocket base in Holland.

    BBC Two

  9. Doctor Zhivago

    A doctor (Omar Sharif) falls in love with the mistress of a political opportunist.

    BBC Two

  10. The Battle of the River Plate

    Drama based on the true story of the pursuit of a German battleship. With John Gregson.

    BBC Two

  11. Our Girl

    Drama following the extraordinary adventures of female medics in the British Army.

    BBC One

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  12. The Cockleshell Heroes

    Royal Marines carry out a covert canoe raid on the docks of Bordeaux during World War II.

    BBC Two

  13. The Guns of Navarone

    A group of WWII commandos attack the German artillery on the Greek island of Navarone.

    BBC Two

  14. The Heroes of Telemark

    The Norwegian resistance try to destroy a Nazi heavy water plant. Starring Kirk Douglas.

    BBC Two

  15. The Great Escape

    A group of Allied POWs mount a daring breakout from a supposedly inescapable Nazi camp.

    BBC Two

  16. The Eagle Has Landed

    World War II action about a German plot to kidnap Winston Churchill. With Michael Caine.

    BBC Two

  17. The War Game

    Controversial film depicting the terrible consequences of a nuclear attack on Britain.

    BBC Two

  18. Quake

    Drama in 12 short parts. Inspired by the digital transformation in disaster response.

    BBC Radio 4

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  19. Nazis: The Road to Power

    The rise of fascism and the cult of the leader, in a Germany shattered by defeat.

    BBC Radio 4

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  20. Nach Fuar am Poll

    Chan eil Dòmhnall Chaluim airson ceistean a bhràthair mun Chogadh a fhreagairt sa mhòine.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

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