Episodes

• Fight for the Fjords

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  Despite textbook set ups to sink Royal Navy ships, faulty torpedoes threaten a U-Boat commander’s mission during the German invasion of Norway.

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  Sunday 28 September 12pm

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• Subversion

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  A German U-Boat commander faces accusations of subversion from his crew that lead to his court martial over a clash about Nazi ideology.

• The Hunted

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  While a U.S. Hunter Killer Group stalks a German U-Boat, a destroyer rams the sub and the enemy crew uses the opportunity to board the American ship.

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  Sunday 5 October 12pm

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• Edge of Survival

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  After an enemy bomb blast shatters an American submarine, the crew battles an out of control dive and a toxic fire in their quest to survive.

• Chaos in Command

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  Failure creates conflict between the Commander and his Executive Officer during the first war patrol of an American submarine.

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  Sunday 5 October 11am

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• The Interceptor

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  As the Japanese empire evacuates VIPs from the Philippines, a US submarine sets out to stop them and sets a record for the U.S. Navy in World War II.

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  Sunday 28 September 11am

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• Fight for Survival

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  In this special episode, submarine crews fought for survival as they engaged in some of the most intense naval battles of World War II.

• Killer Strike

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  In the opening weeks of World War II, a German U-Boat Commander launches a shocking attack against the Royal Navy in its own home port.

• Heroes of the Deep

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  In this special episode, submarine crews face deadly hand-to-hand combat, chaos in command, and crippling explosions as they fight for survival at sea.

• Enigma Capture

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  In direct violation of Hitler's orders a German U-Boat Commander sinks a passenger ship on the first day of the war sparking an international crisis.

• The Longest Journey

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  On Christmas morning 1944, an Allied merchant ship off the coast of Australia fights off a torpedo attack by a German U-Boat with its deck guns.

• Torpedo Rampage

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  July 1944. An American submarine commander manages to penetrate the defences of a Japanese convoy in the Luzon Strait. The tables are turned, however, when the convoy's escorts go on the attack.

• Commander Down

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  After a spectacular collision and ensuing attack from a Japanese ship, an American submarine crew begins a desperate struggle for survival.

• Iwo Jima Pilot Rescue

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  As carrier groups deliver destruction to Japanese strongholds, American subs risk everything to surface in enemy waters and rescue downed aviators.

• Risky Missions

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  Tuesday 7 October 10pm

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• Wounded Warrior

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  USS Silversides battles depth charges, a jammed torpedo and an emergency appendectomy deep in enemy waters whilst intercepting Japanese ships to Guadalcanal.

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  Friday 3 October 2pm

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• Wounded Warrior

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  Wounded Warrior: Deep in enemy waters, USS Silversides battles depth charges and a jammed torpedo as it intercepts Japanese ships. Series exploring subsea warfare in WWII. (S2, ep 1)

• Submarine Raiders

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  June 1945. With Japanese merchant shipping slowed to a trickle, US Medal of Honor Recipient, Commander Eugene Fluckey bets a crew member they'll sink 15 vessels during their War Patrol.

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  Friday 3 October 3pm

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• Relentless Pursuit

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  January 1944. A German U-Boat defies the odds and escapes both Allied depth charges and aircraft to sink ships and return to port despite severe damage.

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  Friday 10 October 2pm

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• Defying Rommel

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  Sept 1941. Victoria Cross recipient, Lt. Commander Malcolm Wanklyn of HMS Upholder joins three other British submarines hunting for Italian ships carrying supplies for Rommel's relentless war in North Africa.

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  Friday 10 October 3pm

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• North Sea Showdown

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  February 1945. Beneath icy Norwegian waters HMS Venturer, commanded by Lt. James Launders intercepts a German U-Boat. U-864 is on a secret mission to deliver German "wonder weapons" to Japan.

• Cold War Crisis

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  October 1962. A secret mission sends Four Soviet Project submarines carrying nuclear torpedoes, racing toward Cuba. While they are enroute the U.S. implements a Quarantine Line around the island.

• America Fights Back

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  January 1943. More than a year after Pearl Harbor cripples America's surface fleet, its submarine force struggles to gain an edge in the South Pacific.

• Fatal Voyage

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  December 1943. Richard Hetherington O'Kane and his submarine USS Tang set out to assault Japanese shipping. In Tang's first four patrols its fiery commander sinks 17 ships.

• Destroyer Killer

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  June, 1944. Six allied commandoes spying on Japan's merchant ships fall under threat when their covert operation is discovered by the enemy.

• The Wolfpack

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  Otto Kretschmer heads Germany's first successful submarine Wolfpack attack, but the Allies strike back with new anti-submarine technology.

• Hitler's Revenge

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  Hoping to capitalize on the chaos after Pearl Harbor, German submarines launch a surprise attack directly against Atlantic coastal shipping.

• Atlantic Showdown

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  In March 1943 two Allied convoys come under attack in the largest convoy battle of the war, nearly costing the Allies the Battle of the Atlantic.