Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat is a TV show on BBC2. Using original witnesses, Ben Macintyre recreates the remarkable story of how one brilliant team, and one dead tramp, pulled off a deception which changed the course of WWII. The program has been available since 2026. A total of 2 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in August 2026.
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Operation Mincemeat
Using original witnesses, Ben Macintyre recreates the remarkable story of how one brilliant team, and one dead tramp, pulled off a deception which changed the course of WWII.
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London, 1943. A mocked idea to feed false plans to the Nazis via a drowned corpse is brought to life by a military intelligence team, who add aspects of their own lives to the invented man’s story.