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The Saboteurs

The Saboteurs is a TV show on More4. Norwegian dramatisation of one of the most gripping episodes of the Second World War, recounting the Nazis' efforts to develop an atomic bomb and the Allies' desperate struggle to prevent it happening The long-running program has been available since 2015. A total of 6 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2015.

Last broadcast:24/07/2015 at 21:00

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The Saboteurs

Expired24/07/2015

Episode 6

The Allies order the remaining members of the 'Gunnerside' team to sink the ferry carrying heavy water facilities across the lake from Rjukan. Kurt Diebner shows Werner Heisenberg secret documents.

July 2015

Episode 5

Expired17/07/2015

Werner Heisenberg must continue his research without heavy water. When they learn that the Germans are rebuilding the factory, the Americans decide to bomb it, against Leif Tronstad's advice.

Episode 4

Expired10/07/2015

The 'Gunnerside' group parachute out of an aircraft over snow-covered Norwegian mountains and must trek to join up with the 'Grouse' team. Werner Heisenberg is back in favour with the German military.

Episode 3

Expired03/07/2015

The two gliders from the 'Freshman' expedition have crashed into the Norwegian mountains and the 'Grouse' team members remain in hiding. In Germany, there is a fire in Werner Heisenberg's laboratory.

June 2015

Episode 2

Expired26/06/2015

Leif Tronstad is working with the War Ministry in London and helps draw up a plan to destroy the factory at Rjukan. Werner Heisenberg travels to Copenhagen to meet his Danish mentor, Prof Niels Bohr.

Episode 1

Expired19/06/2015

A German scientist seeks heavy water from a Norwegian factory to create a nuclear chain reaction and a professor escapes occupied Norway to warn the Allies about a Nazi attempt to build an atomic bomb

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