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The Fourth Arm

Next show overview: In Northern France, a group of SOE agents embark on a perilous mission to dismantle a V1 flying bomb facility hidden in an underground bunker, while a separate group of ordinary individuals undergo intense and rigorous training in a secluded mansion to prepare for a top-secret...

The next show follows a group of ordinary people recruited by SOE agents to take on a high-stakes mission to destroy a V1 flying bomb facility in an underground bunker in Northern France. The recruits undergo intense training in a secluded country house, where they're each assigned a code name inspired by different types of birds.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Part One

1. Part One

Aired: Jan 7, 1983

The French Resistance spot a new German weapons base being developed near Cal...

Episode 2 Part Two

2. Part Two

Aired: Jan 14, 1983

Returning from France, Major Hugh Gallagher begins to put together a team of ...

Episode 3 Part Three

3. Part Three

Aired: Jan 21, 1983

Major Gallagher hands over his new unit to Lt. Col. Tim Squires to begin thei...

Episode 4 Part Four

4. Part Four

Aired: Jan 28, 1983

The unit are put under a crisis reaction test to see how they act under attac...

Episode 5 Part Five

5. Part Five

Aired: Feb 4, 1983

The date of the mission is put forward when SOE get new intelligence that the...

Episode 6 Part Six

6. Part Six

Aired: Feb 11, 1983

Captain Macaulay position on the unit is in doubt when he struggles to overco...

Episode 7 Part Seven

7. Part Seven

Aired: Feb 18, 1983

Following a nighttime jump the unit meet up at Pierre de Grouchy's farmhouse....

Episode 8 Part Eight

8. Part Eight

Aired: Feb 25, 1983

After a successful first mission the unit get debriefed. Sgt. McKenzie is car...

Episode 9 Part Nine

9. Part Nine

Aired: Mar 4, 1983

Major Gallagher wants to be relieved of duty due to the attrition rate among ...

Episode 10 Part Ten

10. Part Ten

Aired: Mar 11, 1983

The unit has now been reduced to the six specialists who will take part in th...

Episode 11 Part Eleven

11. Part Eleven

Aired: Mar 18, 1983

The unit finally gets into France and discover, from Pierre, that the invasio...

Episode 12 Part Twelve

12. Part Twelve

Aired: Mar 25, 1983

The unit are in the heart of the rocket site. The German Kommandant is made a...

Info about The Fourth Arm

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres:Drama, War