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  1. History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: The Salon Albahari

    Two apprentice seamstresses find an ingenious hiding place for their Jewish colleagues in wartime Sarajevo. Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deception, acts of

  2. History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: Witold Pilecki: The Infiltrator

    An undercover Polish operative deliberately sets out to be arrested and sent to Auschwitz. His mission is to tell the world what’s happening inside the walls of the camp. Will he make it out alive? Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on ext

  3. History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: Curt Bloch and the Underwater Cabaret

    Hiding in an attic in the Netherlands, a German Jewish refugee risks his life to create The Underwater Cabaret, a secret, satirical magazine that seeks to ridicule the Nazis. Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from

  4. History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: Noor Khan: The Operator

    A female agent, codename Madeleine, is sent to the heart of occupied France to transmit messages back to the Allies. Will the Nazis detect her? Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for in

  5. History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: Trailer

    Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for tales of deception, resistance and courage in History's Secret Heroes Series 3.

  6. History's Youngest Heroes: Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope

    Can 21 year-old Terry Fox, a cancer survivor with a prosthetic leg, run the length of Canada? Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history. Join her for 12 stories of rebellion, risk and the radical power

  7. History's Youngest Heroes: Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose

    With the power of the written word as their weapon, a brother and sister mount a daring campaign against the Nazis. Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history. Join her for 12 stories of rebellion, risk

  8. History's Youngest Heroes: Vasily Arkhipov and the End of Days

    Deep in the waters of the Caribbean Sea, a young Soviet Naval must make a decision that could either save the world or trigger its destruction. Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history. Join her for 1

  9. History's Youngest Heroes: The Grisly World of Andreas Vesalius

    An arrogant young man with a passion for dissecting corpses challenges his teachers and changes the course of modern medicine. Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history. Join her for 12 stories of rebe

  10. History's Youngest Heroes: Rani Lakshmi Bai: The Warrior Queen

    When her kingdom is threatened, a 22-year-old Indian woman takes on the British Empire on horseback, with a sword in each hand. Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history. Join her for 12 stories of reb

  11. History's Youngest Heroes: The Visionary Julian of Norwich

    In Norwich, a woman locks herself in a tiny cell for years. Despite limited contact with the outside world, she becomes one of the first women to write in the English language. Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people fr

  12. History's Youngest Heroes: Louis Braille: Code Maker

    After losing his sight in a childhood accident, a young Frenchman invents a tool that will change the lives of blind people around the world. Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history. Join her for 12

  13. History's Youngest Heroes: St Francis of Assisi: Teen Rebel

    A charismatic young man attracts a band of followers after denouncing his family fortune and devoting his life to the poor. Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history. Join her for 12 stories of rebelli

  14. History's Youngest Heroes: Audrey Hepburn’s Teenage Resistance

    Before she became a Hollywood star, how did the young Audrey Hepburn take on the Nazis in the Netherlands? Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history. Join her for 12 stories of rebellion, risk and the

  15. History's Youngest Heroes: Grace Darling: Maiden of the Sea

    When a reclusive young woman spots a shipwreck off the coast of Northumberland, she embarks on a perilous rescue mission. Little does she know, it will make her world-famous. Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from

  16. History's Youngest Heroes: The Brief Reign of Lady Jane

    Stripped of her crown and trapped In the Tower of London will Lady Jane Grey give up her faith or face the executioner’s axe? Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history. Join her for 12 stories of rebel

  17. History's Youngest Heroes: Nelson Mandela and the Defiance Campaign

    Before he became a world leader, how did Mandela as a young activist first attempt to overthrow the South African government to end apartheid? Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history. Join her for 12

  18. History's Youngest Heroes: Trailer

    Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history. Join her for 12 stories of rebellion, risk and the radical power of youth.

  19. History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Manfred Gans and X Troop

    Manfred Gans joins an elite, secret unit of Jewish commandos to take on the Nazis with advanced fighting and counterintelligence skills. But can he save his own family? Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World

  20. History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: The Enigmatic Emily Anderson

    Emily Anderson led a double life. This shy musicologist from Galway was also a top codebreaker for the British, whose work would play a crucial role in Allied victory. Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World

  21. History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Andrée De Jongh and the Comet Line

    A 24-year-old Belgian woman masterminds an escape line, spanning eight hundred miles of Nazi-occupied territory, stretching from Belgium to Spain. Can Andrée de Jongh save the lives of hundreds of stranded airmen? Helena Bonham Carter shine

  22. History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Charles Drew and the Blood Bank

    Charles Drew, an American doctor, led the creation and use of blood banks, saving countless lives both in war and in peacetime. But while he worked around the clock to save lives, he would be dragged into a battle on a different front: the

  23. History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Raymond Gurême: Escape Artist

    A young circus performer from a traveling family in France breaks out of an internment camp and dedicates himself to bringing the Nazis down. Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incr

  24. History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Josefina Guerrero: The Maid of Manila

    After contracting Hansen’s Disease, then known as leprosy, Josefina Guerrero makes a remarkable decision. She becomes a spy for the resistance in Manila. Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join

  25. History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: The Unbreakable Navajo Code

    A group of Native American soldiers use their language to devise a secret code for the Allies. Can the Navajo code help win one of the fiercest battles of the war? Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War

  26. History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Christine Granville: The Spy Who Skied In From The Cold

    Thrill-seeker Christine Granville offers to ski across enemy lines and over the deadly Carpathian mountains, into Nazi-occupied Poland to gather intelligence for the British. Churchill would later call her his favourite spy. Helena Bonham C

  27. History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Flying High with Johnny Smythe

    In Sierra Leone, navigator Johnny Smythe becomes one of the first West African airmen to join the Royal Air Force. His fellow crew consider him as a lucky charm, but as he faces a series of terrifying flights, will his good fortune run out?

  28. History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: The Extraordinary Cook Sisters

    How did Ida and Louise Cook, two opera-loving sisters from England, help dozens of Jewish people escape Nazi Germany? Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deceptio

  29. History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Trailer

    Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for tales of deception, resistance and courage in History's Secret Heroes Series 2.

  30. History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Arslan Rezniqi and the Besa Code

    Albania was one of the few European countries to have a larger Jewish population at the end of the war than it had at the beginning. What role did Arslan Rezniqi, a Kosovan Albanian merchant, play in this? Helena Bonham Carter shines a ligh

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