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Bat 21

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Drama based on the true story of an American officer who is shot down on a reconnaissance flight over Vietnam and stranded in the jungle. The zone is too dangerous to allow for his rescue, so he digs in, helped only by a spotter pilot who circles overhead reporting on enemy activity. Whilst his colleagues back at base prepare for a bombing raid on the area, the man who normally plays soldiers from a safe distance tastes the horror of war. Show less

Contributors

Lt Col Iceal Hambleton:
Gene Hackman
Capt Bartholomew 'Bird-Dog' Clark:
Danny Glover
Sgt Harley Rumbaugh:
Clayton Rohner
Col Douglass:
Joe Dorsey
Director:
Peter Markle

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