Churchill's Secret Agents: The New Recruits

2018 NR 1h 00m 7.7

Immersive history series focusing on one of World War II's most covert organisations, Britain's Special Operations Executive. A group of modern-day volunteers undertake the SOE agent training programme.

Fourteen modern day recruits see if they could have become unofficial spies and secret agents in occupied 1940s Europe. Following real training exercises from the British Archives, these men and women learn combat, surveillance and survival skills and test their abilities in training scenarios. Only the best will make it to the final episode. Real missions and personalities from wartime are also featured, connecting the training to actual objectives and operatives.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Selection

1. Selection

Aired: Apr 9, 2018

The series opens by charting the beginnings of SOE. The students face the Stu...

Episode 2

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Aired: Apr 16, 2018

The students training begins as they learn how to use guns, explosives and si...

Episode 3

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Aired: Apr 23, 2018

The students go to the remote Scottish Highlands where they learn the surviva...

Episode 4

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Aired: Apr 30, 2018

The students attend the SOE "finishing school" where they will learn the skil...

Episode 5

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Aired: May 8, 2018

As the immersive history series draws to a close, eight of the original stude...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Genres: Reality-TV, Documentary, History