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Season 1 – Al Murray's Road to Berlin

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Al Murray travels across the Western Front, interviewing survivors of World War II.
Al Murray's Road to Berlin — Season 1

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Nov 3, 2004 D-Day Driving his jeep up one of the British invasion beaches, Al Murray joins the four surviving crew of a Bren gun carrier from the 1st Suffolk Regiment. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 10, 2004 Battle for Normandy Al drives through bocage country with D-Day survivors from the 2nd Battalion of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 17, 2004 The Push for Paris Al meets the survivors. The Allies suffered few losses whilst decimating the 12th SS Panzer Division and killing the Wehrmacht's top commander. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 24, 2004 Hitler's Secret Weapon Al visits rocket bunkers along the French and Belgian coast, and meets POWs who were forced to assemble Hitler's hi-tech weapons of mass destruction. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 1, 2004 Arnhem Al does a parachute jump with survivors of the 1st Parachute Brigade, who jumped from 1,500 aircraft and 500 gliders into the battle at Arnhem. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 8, 2004 Air War Al Murray talks to air crew who flew the bombers and fighter escorts and finds out what the famous "war bird", the Lancaster bomber, was like to fly. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 15, 2004 Battle of the Bulge Al Murray travels across the Western Front, interviewing survivors of World War II. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 22, 2004 Eastern Front Al meets Polish survivors of the Eastern campaign and hitches a ride in a T34 tank, the best WWII battlefield vehicle with tracks. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 29, 2004 Crossing the Rhine Al meets survivors of the 1st Commando and 1st Cheshire Regiments and reunites them with survivors of the 21st Army Group whom they fought alongside. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 29, 2004 Berlin Al visits the site of Hitler's bunker beneath the old Reichstag and meets survivors of the final, brutal siege which reduced the Nazi empire to rubble. Details

Season Info

Executive Producer
Jeremy Cross, Philip Armstrong-Dampier, Emma Read
Network
Discovery Channel
Genre
History, Documentary, Travel, War
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Nov 3, 2004