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
Episode Runtime	50min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	—
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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