The Fort: 8. Bullet Magnet
The bomber has created an enormous dust storm at The Fort.
Disorientated and under enemy fire, the team rush headlong from the grounded Apaches which have now become sitting duck targets for the Tali…
The Fort: 7. In the Zone
Precariously positioned on the side of two Apache attack helicopters Dave, Chris, Colin and Gary are flying straight into danger.
Apaches are absolutely not supposed to land in the conflict zone, and…
The Fort: 6. Call Sign: Ugly
For Apache helicopter pilots Tom O'Malley and Ed Macy - the mission has changed.
Their new objective is to prevent the stricken Lance Corporal Mathew Ford from becoming a prisoner of The Taliban. So …
The Fort: 5. The Dirty Dash
Overwhelmed by enemy fire, Zulu Company have marshalled their casualties from the "killing ground" and staged a hurried withdrawal.
Last to leave, Company Sergeant Major Shep Shepherd describes desper…
The Fort: 4. The Break-in
The Royal Marines Commandos have launched their ground assault on Jugroom Fort.
A jagged, v-shaped hole has been blasted into its side, and fresh from a nerve-wracking river crossing, the men of Zulu …
The Fort: 3. Killing Ground
The story of Jugroom Fort takes a step back in time to the eve of battle.
January 2007. The battle-hardened Royal Marines of Zulu Company assemble ahead of a massive air bombardment of the target, a …
The Fort: 2. Everyone Volunteered
The Fort is told solely by current and former members of the Armed Forces. Many are speaking for the first time.
A Royal Marines raid on a Taliban stronghold has been met with fierce resistance - lea…
The Fort: 1. The Plan
Afghanistan, January 2007.
It's a piece of military daring that went down in history: Three Royal Marines and a Royal Engineer hold on to the side of Apache attack helicopters, heading into battle to…
The Fort: Trailer
For the first time, commanders, soldiers and pilots who served in Afghanistan tell their story of the gruelling assault on Jugroom Fort - and an astonishing rescue mission.
The Second Map: 3. The Battered Suitcase
As people back home partied in the streets, celebrating victory in Europe in May 1945, war wasn’t over for the many thousands of soldiers and civilians on the Asian front. For those in Japanese priso…
The Second Map: 2. The Secrets in the Safe
In Episode 2 of The Second Map, the war against Japan enters a new phase. Some of the most significant battles of the Second World War were fought on the Asian front - including by the 14th Army, whi…
The Second Map: 1. Bonnie Laddie
We all know the heroic story of Britain fighting the Nazis in World War Two. But what’s less well-known in popular memory is the war on the Asian front, against Japan. Yet it touched many families a…
The Second Map: Trailer
We may know about Pearl Harbor and how the war against Japan ended with the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But in popular memory, what happened in between is less well-known. Marking t…
Half-Life: 8. A Fracture
In this final episode, Joe follows the opening of a public memorial and engages with a private reckoning.
Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne (based on his book Children of Radium: A Buried Inherit…
Half-Life: 7. The City Forgets
In Munich, Joe traces a very different side to his family history, events that were left out of his great-grandfather’s memoir.
Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Musi…
Half-Life: 6. Tranquility
After the war, Joe's great-grandfather attempts to build a new life in the United States where his mental health begins to deteriorate.
Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDow…
Half-Life: 5. The Road Through the Mountains
A letter from Joe’s great-grandfather, leads him to the east of Turkey and the story of a massacre, kept silent for many years
Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music…
Half-Life: 4. Young Republic
Joe follows in his great-grandfather's footsteps to Turkey where he was employed, it seems, making gas masks.
Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsl…
Half-Life: 3. Lost
Joe's research into his great-grandfather's work takes him to Ammendorf, south of Berlin - one of the key sites of Nazi Germany's chemical weapons production.
Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Pr…
Half-Life: 2. The Quiet Town by the River
Dangers lurk beneath the soil, in the town where Joe's great-grandfather worked.
Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsley Mixing engineer, Mike Wool…