In episodes 13 and 14, the war reaches a decisive new stage as the Allies prepare to launch Operation Overlord and open the long-awaited second front in Nazi-occupied France. Behind the invasion of Normandy lies an enormous gamble of planning, deception, weather, timing and nerve, with Dwight D. Eisenhower carrying the weight of one of the most dangerous military decisions in history. From the beaches of D-Day to the struggle to break through Hitler’s Atlantic Wall, the episode captures the fear, scale and sacrifice of the operation that begins the liberation of Western Europe. The story then moves to World War II’s often overlooked Asian theater, where Allied forces and Japan fight across jungles, mountains, plains and impossible supply routes. In Burma, India and China, commanders such as Joseph Stilwell, William Slim and Lord Mountbatten face a brutal war of disease, exhaustion, monsoon terrain and relentless Japanese resistance. From the Burma Road and the deadly airlift over the Hump to the fighting at Myitkyina, Imphal and Saipan, these episodes reveal a vast and punishing conflict far from Europe’s headlines, where survival itself becomes a battle and victory demands endurance on a staggering scale.
From a teenage soap star in Australia to one of the most beloved pop icons in the world, this intimate documentary opens the doors to Kylie Minogue’s personal archive and reveals the woman behind decades of hits, headlines and reinvention. Through home movies, private photographs and candid interviews, she looks back on the sudden explosion of fame that followed her first UK number one, the tabloid pressure that tried to define her, and the emotional turning points that shaped her as an artist and as a person. Across its three episodes, presented together in one complete viewing experience, the documentary follows her journey through fame, love, loss and survival. Her relationship with Michael Hutchence opens a new era of freedom, style and musical discovery, while later triumphs bring fresh pop success and the dream of headlining Glastonbury. But when a shocking diagnosis interrupts everything, the story becomes far more than a portrait of celebrity: it becomes a moving account of resilience, vulnerability and the extraordinary strength behind a career that has continued to inspire generations.
James Blake returns to the front line of online crime to investigate one of the darkest threats facing young people today: a hidden world of sextortion, grooming, harmful algorithms, and sexual exploitation moving across social media platforms with frightening speed. What begins with victims in the UK and warnings from police, experts, and whistle-blowers soon reveals a much larger and more disturbing picture, where online predators, organized networks, and global demand turn private screens into places of fear, blackmail, and abuse. The investigation takes him from Britain to the Philippines, where he joins a specialist international task force during police operations targeting livestreamed sexual exploitation linked to offenders abroad. Through survivor testimony, frontline officers, digital evidence, and the reality of raids on suspected abusers, the documentary exposes how technology, money, and anonymity can connect criminals thousands of miles away with vulnerable children. Urgent, shocking, and deeply human, it asks who is really protecting young people when the worst crimes online are only a few clicks away.
An uplifting, boots-on-the-ground chronicle of ten first-time triathletes grinding toward Ironman 70.3 Swansea: dawn swims, wind-chewed bike rides, and long, lonely runs that turn strangers into a squad. Guided by local coaches and an irrepressible community spirit, they juggle work, family, injuries, and self-doubt while learning that endurance is as much about heart as it is about heart-rate. Shot with brisk intimacy and a clear love for its subjects, the film leans into small victories—clipless-pedal triumphs, cold-water courage—and the way a race can remake a life. By race day, the question isn’t who podiums—it’s how far determination, teammates, and a town’s backing can carry ordinary people beyond their limits.
In episodes 11 and 12, the Allies try to turn victory in North Africa into a direct road toward Nazi Germany, only to discover that Italy will be anything but the “soft underbelly” Winston Churchill imagined. From Sicily to Salerno, Anzio, Monte Cassino and the long road to Rome, the campaign becomes a grinding test of endurance, strategy and sacrifice. What was hoped to be a swift breakthrough into the heart of Hitler’s Reich turns into months of mud, mountains, shattered towns and devastating losses, revealing the brutal cost of forcing open a new front in Europe. The story then rises into the skies, where another deadly battle is being fought above the continent. Allied bomber crews fly from England into the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe, facing freezing altitude, flak, fear and the lethal power of the German Luftwaffe. As B-17s, fighter escorts and air commanders struggle to win control of the air, every mission becomes a gamble between destruction and survival. Together, these episodes show a war closing in on Germany from the ground and from the sky, where courage, technology and human endurance collide on a terrifying scale.
The story then moves to World War II’s often overlooked Asian theater, where Allied forces and Japan fight across jungles, mountains, plains and impossible supply routes. In Burma, India and China, commanders such as Joseph Stilwell, William Slim and Lord Mountbatten face a brutal war of disease, exhaustion, monsoon terrain and relentless Japanese resistance. From the Burma Road and the deadly airlift over the Hump to the fighting at Myitkyina, Imphal and Saipan, these episodes reveal a vast and punishing conflict far from Europe’s headlines, where survival itself becomes a battle and victory demands endurance on a staggering scale.