About this season
Former marine Monty Halls retraces the routes of great escapes from Nazi territory, meeting surviving escapees and locals who risked their lives to help them.
Episodes (4)
1. Slovenia: The Crow's Flight
Aired 16 September 2017 • 47 min
Monty treks through the forests and mountains of Slovenia, as he learns the dramatic story of the most successful mass escape of Allied prisoners in World War II.
2. Italy: The Sulmona Trail
Aired 23 September 2017 • 47 min
Monty follows in the footsteps of Len Harley, who escaped from the Nazis across Italy's Majella mountains in winter, and reunites Len - who's now 98 - with Rosina Spinosa, who helped him escape.
3. Rossano, Italy
Aired 30 September 2017 • 47 min
Monty recounts the story of a daring SAS mission behind enemy lines in northern Italy, and retraces the troops' dramatic escape route across the Apuan Alps.
4. The Pyrenees
Aired 7 October 2017 • 47 min