John Thaw (INSPECTOR MORSE,
THE SWEENEY) provides a truly out-
standing and electrifying performance
as Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris - one
of the most controversial commanders
of the Second World War in this
highly-acclaimed BBC Drama.
February 1942. The outcome of
the war is in the balance. Harris is
appointed Commander in Chief of
RAF Bomber Command. Fierce and
uncompromising, he has a vision for
smashing Hitler's Germany within a
year. He will forge one of the most
powerful bomber fleets ever assembled
and use it to obliterate the industrial
cities of Nazi Germany. The death
toll among German civilians will be
horrendous. But the war will be won...
Given a cautious approval by
Churchill (Robert Hardy), Harris
strives to bring the war home hard to the
enemy, but finds that some influential
British figures may not have the
stomach for the kind of new warfare
he has unleashed. Suddenly, Harris
starts to realise that his most dangerous
enemies may be much closer to home
than he thought...
Based on real events, and skilfully
making use of genuine wartime film
footage of RAF Bomber Command,
BOMBER HARRIS is a triumph for
John Thaw and a fascinating account
of some of the most controversial and
devastating missions ever carried out
by the RAF...
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