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  1. Arslan Rezniqi and the Besa Code

    How did Arslan Rezniqi, an Albanian merchant, save hundreds of Jewish refugees?

  2. Jack King and the Fifth Column

    A bank worker from Surrey joins MI5. His job is to infiltrate British Fascists.

  3. Skiing Commandos

    Can a team of Norwegian men on skis destroy a water plant in time to stop a nuclear war?

  4. Bela Hazan and the Jewish Resistance

    A young Polish woman named Bela Hazan goes undercover to fight against the Nazis.

  5. The Mystery of Garbo

    One of World War Two’s most successful double agents is finally revealed.

  6. George Takei and the American Internment Camps

    Why was George Takei and his family imprisoned without trial in 1942?

  7. Claude, Marcel and the Soldier with No Name

    Two eccentric French artists perform an extraordinary act of resistance.

  8. Ghost Army

    A secret army unit with one job: to put on a show, for an audience who wants to kill them.

  9. Charity Adams and the 6888

    Major Charity Adams arrives in Birmingham, England, to sort out an enormous problem.

  10. Virginia Hall’s Great Escape

    How did Virginia Hall mastermind one of World War Two’s most astonishing prison breaks?

  11. Trailer

    Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two.