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21/08/1998

BBC Two - The Cockleshell Heroes

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

Wartime drama. A small group of Royal Marines carry out a covert canoe raid on the docks of Bordeaux during World War II in a mission to destroy the blockade-busting Nazi ships.

Wartime drama. A maverick British Army Reserve major must work with a veteran captain and a group of incorrigible recruits to attempt what is generally regarded as a suicide mission - the covert destruction of the entire German shipyard in occupied France.

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