Dunkirk
Dunkirk
Dunkirk
Documentary
Drama
63
Watch TV Show
Download TV Show
Overview
Major factual drama telling the story of history's greatest maritime evacuation, after the World War II Battle of Dunkirk in May and June 1940.
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 2004-02-18
Runtime: 1h 0m
Director: Unknown
Writer: Neil McKay, Lisa Osborne, Alex Holmes
Top Cast
Phil Cornwell
Phil Cornwell
Harry Noakes
Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale
Winston Churchill
Timothy Dalton
Timothy Dalton
Narrator
Ricci Harnett
Ricci Harnett
Guardsman Desmond Thorogood
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
Lt Jimmy Langley
Official Videos
Dunkirk - starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Russell Beale - Trailer
Dunkirk - starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Russell Beale - Trailer
Episodes - Season 1
Retreat
Retreat
Episode 1
The Allies in northern France are in retreat, but the Navy only expects to be able to pick up a few soldiers and Churchill is under pressure to make peace in order to save the rest. Alf Tombs's unit helps hold open a corridor to aid the retreat, successfully allowing thousands to escape over 48 hours; on the beaches Captain Tennant makes use of a flimsy pier to speed the evacuation. As the weather changes the pier and the beaches are bombed heavily.
Evacuation
Evacuation
Episode 2
The army has now made its way back to the overcrowded coast. More boats are needed and the admiralty begins to requisition a fleet of small craft including cockle fishing boats from Leigh-On-Sea. In spite of the dangers the fishermen from Leigh begin to lift men off the beaches. As the strain on the little boat begins to tell the engine fails. In England the public begin to realise the cost of the successful evacuation and are left to face the threat of invasion.
Deliverance
Deliverance
Episode 3
Dunkirk has become a siege town. While a large number of the army have been evacuated many tens of thousands still remain. Jimmy Langley is injured during fierce fighting trying to hold back the final German advance and taken to a casualty clearing station where Major Newman has been trying to evacuate his wounded patients. However no arrangements have been made for them and they are left behind to face the Germans who arrive on the same day as Churchill makes his famous speech vowing 'we will never surrender'.
Recommendations

A Ghost Story for Christmas
75
Drama
A Ghost Story for Christmas
The Road to War
80
The Road to War
Sharpe
78
Sharpe
Scarlett
66
Drama
Scarlett
Alien Highway
65
Alien Highway
Sugar
72
Drama
Sugar
Monsters
75
Drama
Monsters
The Diplomat
75
Drama
The Diplomat
Adolescence
78
Drama
Adolescence
Copenhagen Cowboy
70
Drama
Copenhagen Cowboy
Black Doves
71
Black Doves
Interior Chinatown
73
Drama
Comedy
Interior Chinatown
All the Light We Cannot See
75
Drama
All the Light We Cannot See
The Day of the Jackal
82
Drama
The Day of the Jackal
Cross
72
Drama
Cross
Ghosts
79
Comedy
Ghosts
The Last Thing He Told Me
69
Drama
The Last Thing He Told Me
Win or Lose
80
Animation
Drama
Win or Lose
The Sympathizer
70
Drama
The Sympathizer
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
77
Animation
Comedy
The New Scooby-Doo Movies