Documentary

Ray Mears's Real Heroes of Telemark

A three-part insight into an amazing wartime mission in Norway, undertaken in the early 1940s, which was immortalised by the Hollywood movie The Heroes of Telemark.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

Ray Mears's Real Heroes of Telemark

First Air Date

September 21, 2003

Last Air Date

October 5, 2003

Seasons

1

Episodes

3

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

BBC Two

S01E03

Heavy Water

The survival expert concludes his three-part insight into a remarkable wartime mission in Norway, undertaken during the early 1940s, in which survival skills helped the Allies to stop Hitler's atomic bomb programme in its tracks. Ray hears how the heroes of this daring Second World War raid would like to be remembered.

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