Narrow Escapes of World War II

2012    60m    TV-PG
8.1
Series honors the incredible heroes of World War II who stood up and fought when everything else seemed lost. The series highlights the brilliant generals and brave troops whose selfless acts of courage saved hundreds of thousands of innocent lives. Through their personal stories, this series recreates the suicidal raids, rearguard actions, and back-to-the-wall fighting it took to ensure, against all odds, that these men made it out alive.
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1 Season
  • Season 1
    Season 113 Episodes
Cast of Narrow Escapes of World War II
  • Colin TierneyNarrator
  • Paul MarkeyNarrator
  • Erik DellumsNarrator
  • Richard OveryHistorian, University of Exeter
  • Dave RooneySelf - Author, 'Burma Victory'
  • Mungo MelvinSelf - Major General, Author 'Manstein: Hitler's Greatest General'
  • Robert LymanSelf - Author, 'Japan's Last Bid for Victory'
  • Laurence DobieszAdditional voices
  • Max HastingsSelf - Former Editor Daily Telegraph, Military Historian
  • Hans StrehlauSelf - Former SS Sergeant, Survivor Operation Hannibal
  • Kevin FarrellSelf - Colonel, Chief of Military History - West Point
  • Fergal KeaneSelf - Author, 'Road of Bones'
  • Martin KingSelf - Military Historian
  • Doug CharltonSelf - Private R Company, 1st Parachute Brigade
  • Horst WoitSelf - German Evacuee, Survivor - Operation Hannibal
  • Evan MawdsleySelf - University of Glasgow
  • Tony HibbertSelf - Brigade Major, 1st Parachute Brigade
  • Ralph BagnoldHiimself - Audio interview from 1987
  • George ShomoSelf - Staff Sergeant 333rd field artillery unit
  • Ted FawcettSelf - Gunnery Officer, H.M.S. Bramham
  • Brendan O'CarrollSelf - Author, 'Barce Raid - The Long Range Desert Group's Most Daring Exploit in WW II'
  • Matt DallasMajor Weston (Reconstruction)
  • Jean-Pierre DucellierSelf - Dr., author 'The Amiens Raid: Secrets Revealed'
  • Stuart CarrSelf - Navigator, Y Patrol
  • David Vaughan KnightLt Col Robert 'Lucky' Laycock
  • Reginald CoakerSelf - Ordnance Artificer, H.M.S. Bramham
  • Laurence HintonReconstruction Actor
  • Bill TownillSelf - 9th Gurka Rifles
  • Peter HenlySelf - Mosquito Display Pilot
  • Kuno GrossSelf - Author, 'Incident at Jebel Sherif'
  • Ray EllisSelf - Author, 'Once a Hussar'
  • Donald EastenSelf - 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  • Mike MorganSelf - Author, 'Sting of the Scorpion'
  • Allan ShawSelf - Ordinary Seaman, S.S. Ohio
  • Leslie CrouchSelf - 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  • Chuzaburo TomauSelf - Company 3 138th Infantry Regiment
  • Peter SmithSelf - Author 'Pedestal'
  • Hiroshi YamagamiSelf - Standard Bearer, 58th Infantry Regiment
  • Matthew CobbSelf - Professor, author of 'The Resistance'
  • Maxwell SparksSelf - Pilot Officer
  • Richard E. ColeSelf - Jimmy Doolittle's Co-Pilot, Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Bill SmylySelf - 2nd Gurka Rifles
  • Alec GibsonSelf - 3rd Gurka Rifles
  • Henri MoisanSelf - French Resistance
  • Tony ReddingSelf - Author, 'War in the Wilderness'
  • James DunningSelf - Former British Commando and author
  • Morty SoutarSelf - Phd, Military Historian
  • John St. JohnSelf - Former Royal Marine
  • Ed SaylorSelf - Engineer; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Carrol GlinesSelf - Aviation Journalist; Curator Doolittle Museum
  • Peter DoresaSelf - 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  • Albert JordanSelf - 506th Field Company Royal Engineers
  • Tom GriffinSelf - Navigator; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Bob HiteSelf - Co-Pilot; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Alex WinchesterSelf - Scots Guards, T Patrol
  • Anne-Marie Noel SimonSelf - U.S. Wereth Memorial Foundation
  • Simon MayallSelf - Lt. General Deputy Chief of Defense Staff
  • Michael WoodsSelf - Nephew of Charles Pickard
  • Dave ThatcherGunner; awarded the Silver Star
  • Jimmy PatchSelf - Navigator, Y Patrol
  • Tony Le TissierSelf - Lt. Colonel, Ex- Royal Military Police, Military Historian
  • Saul KellySelf - Phd., Lecturer, Kings College London
  • Tim SaundersSelf - Major, MBE and author
  • Andrew StewartSelf - Phd, Kings College London
  • Darren Placidamerican GI
  • Judy UrquhartSelf - Daughter of Major General Roy Urquhart
  • Nick GordonRAF commander

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