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Major factual drama telling the story of history's greatest maritime evacuation, after the World War II Battle of Dunkirk in May and June 1940.
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- E1 RetreatNext upFeb 18, 2004 · 60 min
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The Allies in northern France are in retreat, but the Navy only expects to be able to pick up a few soldiers and Churchill is under pressure to make peace in order to save the rest. Alf Tombs's unit helps hold open a corridor to aid the retreat, successfully allowing thousands to escape over 48 hours; on the beaches Captain Tennant makes use of a flimsy pier to speed the evacuation. As the weather changes the pier and the beaches are bombed heavily.
- E2 EvacuationFeb 25, 2004 · 55 min
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The army has now made its way back to the overcrowded coast. More boats are needed and the admiralty begins to requisition a fleet of small craft including cockle fishing boats from Leigh-On-Sea. In spite of the dangers the fishermen from Leigh begin to lift men off the beaches. As the strain on the little boat begins to tell the engine fails. In England the public begin to realise the cost of the successful evacuation and are left to face the threat of invasion.
Guest stars: Alex Noodle (Luke Osborne)
- E3 DeliveranceMar 3, 2004 · 60 min
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Dunkirk has become a siege town. While a large number of the army have been evacuated many tens of thousands still remain. Jimmy Langley is injured during fierce fighting trying to hold back the final German advance and taken to a casualty clearing station where Major Newman has been trying to evacuate his wounded patients. However no arrangements have been made for them and they are left behind to face the Germans who arrive on the same day as Churchill makes his famous speech vowing 'we will never surrender'.
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Phil Cornwell
Simon Russell Beale
Timothy Dalton
Ricci Harnett
Benedict CumberbatchVideos
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lwpcolonelJan 14, 2018
This is a docudrama that requires both an interest and prior detailed knowledge regarding this historic event. As a Strategic Planner by trade, I found the logistical actions primarily directed by Royal Navy staff officer, Captain Tennant, who on May 26th was dispatched on board the destroyer HMS Wolfhound to Dunkirk to aid in the evacuation of more than 330,000 British and French troops left stranded when France fell to the Nazis, [official account] fascinating. My wife foun… Read more
d it sad, upsetting, and tragic. Not something that everyone will appreciate. Knowing the story and admiring the logisticians and their exceptional execution of a famous, and "glorious defeat", and my appreciation of the minimization of what could have been a grander victory for Germany and a more severe defeat for the English is something that one needs to know as much about beforehand or risk feeling disconnected with while viewing. There is also a bit of fictionalization of events that may have occurred to some specific B.E.F. members, but isn't the actual focus of what happened in reality, and may be distracting. Overall, a film I have seen at least 8 times, by choice, though as I said, others might find it lacking connection or continuity unless this type of film is to their liking. This is actually a segment from a multipart BBC series called "BBC History of WW2", which covers numerous theaters akin to "The World At War", but less of a documentary and more of a story.