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Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

The true story of the WWII bombing of the Ruhr dams in Germany, and the invention by Barnes Wallis of a dedicated bouncing bomb to enable them to do the job. With Richard Todd.

Contributors

Wing Commander Guy Gibson:
Richard Todd
Doctor BN Wallis:
Michael Redgrave
Group Captain JNH Whitworth:
Derek Farr
Mrs Wallis:
Ursula Jeans
Committee Member:
Frederick Leister
Committee Member:
Laidman Browne

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

World War II drama about a Czech captain, educated in England, who attempts to escape the Gestapo by taking on the identity of a dead British officer.

Contributors

Captain Karel Hasek:
Michael Redgrave
Corporal Horsfall:
Jack Warner
Celia Mitchell:
Rachel Kempson
Private Evans:
Mervyn Johns
Lieutenant Lennox:
Gordon Jackson
Director:
Basil Dearden