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Kursk: The Last Mission

Captain-Lieutenant Mikhail Averin prepares for an exercise in the Barents Sea by the Russian Northern Fleet, but things do not go to plan on the submarine Kursk.

Captain-Lieutenant Mikhail Averin prepares for an exercise in the Barents Sea by the Russian Northern Fleet. Budget cuts have meant that he and his colleagues have not received their pay in months, but the submariners of the Oscar II-class submarine Kursk still head out into deep waters. However, the exercise does not go to plan.

Based on a true story.

1 hour, 47 minutes

Last on

Fri 17 Jan 202523:05
BBC Two

Credits

Mikhail AverinMatthias Schoenaerts
Tanya AverinaLea Seydoux
Misha AverinArtemiy Spiridonov
Commodore David RussellColin Firth
Admiral Vyacheslav GrudzinskyPeter Simonischek
Anton MarkovAugust Diehl
Vladimir PetrenkoMax von Sydow
DirectorThomas Vinterberg
WriterRobert Rodat
WriterRoger Moore

Broadcasts

  • Sun 12 Feb 202322:00
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
  • Sat 17 Jun 202321:00
    BBC Four
  • Sat 4 May 202400:00
    BBC Two
  • Fri 17 Jan 202523:05
    BBC Two