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The Fourth Arm (TV Series)

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Original title

The Fourth Arm

Year

1983

Running time

50 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Viktors Ritelis, Andrew Morgan, Nicholas Renton, Peter Duguid

Screenwriter

John Brason, Gerard Glaister, Brian Finch, Michael J. Bird, Alfred Shaughnessy

Cast

Music

Michael Reed, Angela Richards

Producer

BBC

Genre

TV Series. Drama

Synopsis

SOE agents are sent on a mission to destroy a V1 flying bomb facility, situated in an underground bunker un Northern France. Ordinary people are recruited and subjected to highly demanding training in the seclusion of a large house in the country. They are each given a code name comprising the French word for a different type of bird, such as 'Hibou' and 'Chardonneret'. They train for a parachute jump, and perform a trial operation in a real French village. Can their extraordinary training give such ordinary people a real chance to succeed?

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The Fourth Arm (TV Series)

1983

Viktors Ritelis ...