History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Curt Bloch and the Underwater Cabaret

A German refugee risks his life to ridicule Hitler.

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Witold Pilecki: The Infiltrator

Why did Witold Pilecki volunteer to be sent to Auschwitz?

• 29 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

The Salon Albahari

A fashion boutique in Sarajevo houses an enormous secret.

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Operation Anthropoid

Two men set out to assassinate one of Hitler’s most high-ranking officers.

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

The Night Witches

A group of Soviet women take to the skies to become night bombers.

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Leif Larsen and the Shetland Bus

Will the Nazis uncover the secret of the Shetland Bus?

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Dudley Clarke: The Great Deceiver

How did a British army officer use magic tricks to fool the Nazis?

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Agent Zo's Leap of Faith

Can Agent Zo save the lives of thousands of women in Nazi-occupied Poland?

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Ita Ekpenyon and the Blitz

Can a Nigerian warden stop a riot from breaking out in a London air raid shelter?

• 29 mins

Trailer

Historian Alex von Tunzelmann shines a light on remarkable people from across history.

• 3 mins

Saving Face with Harold Gillies

Can a doctor rebuild the shattered faces of World War One soldiers?

• 28 mins

Katharine Hepburn: Queen of the Screen

A Hollywood star takes on the double standards of the studio system.

• 28 mins