Special Forces Heroes (Season 1)

Special Forces Heroes uses real footage, interviews, re-enactments and graphics to reveal four action-packed 50-minute tales, made by Dangerous Films in association with Empire Media Productions shown on channel five.
Focusing on missions that range from Sierra Leone to the Oman, it illustrates key tactics that a crack-force unit rely on to fulfill their orders. Well made documentary showing the planing and execution of 4 high risk rescues.



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Special Forces Heroes S01E01: Iranian Embassy Siege
CH5
Tuesday, 8.00pm, 11th Nov 2008

Episode Description:
This edition tells the story of the Iranian Embassy Siege that took place in London in 1980. Using archive news footage, interviews and reconstructions, the film documents the six-day hostage drama and the Special Air Service’s assault on the terrorists.



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Special Forces Heroes S01E02: Terror In The Skies
CH5
Tuesday, 8.00pm, 18th Nov 2008

Episode Description:
This instalment tells the story of the hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 in 1977. Using dramatisations and interviews, the film reveals how the Special Air Service stormed the aircraft to take down the terrorists.



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Special Forces Heroes S01E03: Last Stand In Oman
CH5
Tuesday, 8.00pm, 25th Nov 2008

Episode Description:
In 1972, nine soldiers, part of a secret SAS operation, are stationed deep in enemy territory in the Arabian Gulf. They are looking forward to returning home after four months of fighting. What they don’t know is that 300 enemy troops are about to launch a devastating attack.



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Special Forces Heroes S01E04: Operation Certain Death
CH5
Tuesday, 8.00pm, 2nd Dec 2008

Episode Description:
Summer 2000: 11 British soldiers are taken hostage by a group of armed rebels in Sierra Leone. This is the story of the extraordinary mission to free them. Launched by the SAS and Parachute Regiment, the operation is hugely risky and dangerous.