Jamie Simpson
Director
The Dambusters (2020)
Season 1
Historian Dan Snow relives the story of a crack team of 133 young airmen whose mission is to destroy the great dams of Germany in World War Two using a revolutionary new bouncing bomb.
Released Dec. 1, 2020
Episode 45 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, History, War
Keywords: tmdb.world-war-ii, tmdb.aviation, tmdb.raf-royal-air-force, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series
Network: Channel 5
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - A Daring Plan
24-year-old wing commander Guy Gibson has less than eight weeks to recruit and train 147 aircrew for a top-secret mission that will require them to learn to fly at super low attitudes at night towards targets on water.
Dec. 1, 2020, midnight
S1E2 - Race Against Time
Wallis tries to get his revolutionary bomb to work, which will require the invention of a new aiming device. Dan Snow takes to the skies to test it, but accuracy isn't the only problem.
Dec. 2, 2020, midnight
S1E3 - Attack! Attack!
The raid on Germany's dams gets off to a rocky start as the crews struggle to clear the airfield in their planes loaded with four tonne bouncing bombs. Of the 133 young men who flew on the raid, only 80 survive.
Dec. 3, 2020, midnight
Network: Channel 5
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 45 min.
Released: Dec. 1, 2020
Last Air Date: Dec. 3, 2020, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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