Warplane Workshop

History & Warfare

LATEST EPISODE

S1 E5: Churchill's First Seaplane

Original Air Date: Mar 9, 2026

Join a team attempting to refurbish the Waterbird, Britain's first seaplane.

5:10-6:04AM

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54m

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2026

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Documentary

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Available with Freestream

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S1 E5: Churchill's First Seaplane

Original Air Date: Mar 9, 2026

Join a team attempting to refurbish the Waterbird, Britain's first seaplane.

5:10-6:04AM

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54m

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Available with Freestream

S1 E4: The Plane from Spain

Original Air Date: Nov 24, 2022

Pilot Taff Smith rescues the wreckage of a Bucker Jungmeister, a relic from Franco's fascist air force; rebuilding it requires long hours and big bills and its resurrection could spark controversy in Spain.

4:15-5:10AM

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55m

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Available with Freestream

S1 E3: Holland's Forgotten Few

Original Air Date: Nov 17, 2022

Dutch pilots fought Hitler's Luftwaffe downing hundreds of aircraft; many joined the RAF but their outdated fighter vanishes; a family of restorers is recreating the Fokker D.XXI featuring rare color footage from a Dutch pilot.

3:20-4:15AM

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55m

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Available with Freestream

S1 E2: Vietnam Vet

Original Air Date: Nov 10, 2022

Pilot Shona Bowman is determined to get the battered Cessna Bird Dog, a Vietnam War mainstay, that she bought for £10,000 back in the sky; featuring recently rediscovered tapes of combat missions over Vietnam recorded by the pilots themselves.

2:25-3:20AM

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55m

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Available with Freestream

S1 E1: The Deadliest Spitfire

Original Air Date: Mar 9, 2026

Skilled engineers and pilots return historic warplanes to the air; pilot and engineer Richard Grace and his team restore a survivor of the Spitfire's rare mark from 75-year-old wreckage, salvaged from a Belgian scrapyard.

1:30-2:25AM

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55m

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Available with Freestream