Australia's Secret Heroes: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This series charts the journey of Z Special Unit, Australias first covert special force, a multicultural unit that fought behind Japanese lines during WW2. Over three episodes the series interweaves the story of Z Specials historic missions with a contemporary narrative - recreating their jungle training regime in the present day and putting the Z mens own descendants through it.

Series details

• Title: Australia's Secret Heroes
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2014-06-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-06-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: SBS
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9841
• TVDB ID: 282828

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-06-15; final listed air date 2014-06-29; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Australia's Secret Heroes on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.