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Black Ops
Overview
BLACK OPS travels the world to take viewers along on top secret special ops missions. The series reveals how elite special operations units in different countries carry out their high-risk/zero-recognition assignments and shares the inside story of some of the most dramatic military actions in recent history. When 40 Chechen terrorists armed with guns and bombs hold 800 theater-goers hostage, it's up to Russia's elite anti-terrorist force, Spetsnaz group "Alpha," to get the hostages out alive. Negotiation is not an option, and a siege would set off the explosives. The only way to save the hostages' lives is to use an untested top-secret knock-out gas.
Key Crew
Producer: James R.M. Hunt
Seasons
Season 1 (2012)
Sometimes there is no choice. Whether it’s fanatical terrorists, implacable enemies, there are times, in the words of General Stanley McCrystal, when you are dealing with “irreconcilables.” Then, you just have to go in and kill them. That’s when you call upon the elite Special Forces units. Some are world famous - the SAS and the Navy Seals. Others lurk more in the shadows – like India’s Black Cats and Russia’s Alfa Group. But this is deeply high-risk stuff. When a Special Forces Operation goes wrong, there can be many innocent casualties and profound political consequences. Ask Jimmy Carter. A botched raid cost him his presidency. This series will reveal the workings of these elite Black Ops units and tell the inside story of some of the most dramatic events in recent history.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: City Under Siege
2012-10-10Mumbai is under bloody attack and only one Special Force has the know-how and training to take the terrorists to task. In November 2008, an undisclosed number of assassins went on a three-day rampage of death and destruction in India's largest city.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 2: Night of Terror
2012-10-17October 2002. Russia's elite force, Spetnaz Group Alfa, face an impossible task - to rescue 800 people held hostage by Chechen gunmen and suicide bombers inside a Moscow theatre. Negotiations have failed and innocent lives hang in the balance.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 3: Taking Down Bin Laden
2012-10-24This is the story of the most daring black ops raid in recent history. The inside account of operation Neptune Spear: how US Navy Seals brought to an end the hunt for the most wanted man in the world, and took down the mastermind of 9/11: Osama Bin Laden
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 4: Assault on Al Qaeda
2012-10-21Al-Zarqawi- the most wanted man in Iraq, is proving a formidable enemy. Responsible for bombings, beheadings and attacks, he's more persistent than Saddam and more active than Osama. The coalition's only hope lies with a top secret task force.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 5: Operation Thunderbolt
2012-11-07June 27, 1976 Four terrorists hijack a flight bound for Paris. Forcing the plane to land in Entebbe Uganda they move their hostages to an old terminal. The passengers' fate, most of them Jewish or Israeli, lies in the hands of Israel's top black ops team.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 6: Operation Certain Death
2012-11-14August 25th, 2000: Sierra Leone, West Africa. The Royal Irish Regiment, a unit of the British Army, takes a wrong turn on patrol. They are held up on the roadside by a notorious gang of rebels; the Â'West Side Boys'.
Runtime: 45 minSeason 2 (2014)
Re-commissioned after the huge success of the groundbreaking first series, this is an exciting series that retells the incredible stories of the world's elite Special Forces. Brought to you in HD, this series features fast moving reconstruction intercut with archive of Special Forces in action and interviews with many of those who have taken part in actual missions. Whether it's dealing with ruthless enemies or obsessive terrorists, these high risk strategies call for the expertise of units such as the SAS, the Navy Seals and the 10th Special Forces Group. From the complete annihilation of a secret nuclear processing reactor to the dangerous and destructive manhunt for relentless warlords, this series will reveal the inside story of some of the most dramatic events in recent history.
8 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Real Black Hawk Down
2014-06-11A look at what really happened on the day an American helicopter was shot down over Somalia in 1993.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 2: Operation Viking Hammer
2014-06-18A group of terrorists are hiding in Iraqi Kurdistan where they control a mountainous area known as the Halabja salient - US Army Special Forces are sent deep behind Iraqi lines to eliminate the terrorists with the help of local Kurdish fighters.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 3: The Strike on Syria
2014-06-25Three special forces units travel to Syria to take out the mastermind behind the country's nuclear weapons program
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 4: Afghan Hostage Rescue
2014-07-02tage Rescue Two aid workers are kidnapped in Afghanistan.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 5: The Killing of Abu Jibad
2014-07-09A look at the incredible Israeli assasination plot to bring down Abu Jibad.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 6: Crisis in Malaya
2014-07-16The story of the rebirth of the SAS, as British soldiers take part in a counter insurgency campaign called the Malayan Emergency.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 7: Operation Fire Magic
2014-07-23A look at the cross country operation that saw the SAS team up with the German GSG in order to solve the hijacking of the Lufthansa Flight 181 in 1977.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 8: The Japanese Embassy Siege
2014-07-30The show takes a look at the bloody end to the Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Lima, Peru, back in 1997.
Runtime: 45 min
