The Greatest Raid of All Time 17 years old

Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of what’s been called ‘the original Mission Impossible’ – the audacious Commando raid on the German occupied dry dock at St. Nazaire in France on March 28th 1942. Operation Chariot, as the raid was codenamed, had a simple aim – to destroy the dry dock and thus deny the German battleship Tirpitz a safe haven on the Atlantic coast of France. There were many who thought the mission too risky, but the Chief of Combined Operations, Louis Mountbatten, pushed forward. This programme explores the story around March 26th 1942, when Commandos in Cornwall boarded their floating bomb and set off to see if the element of surprise really could overcome all the odds.

Credits

Jeremy Clarkson as Presenter

Sam Beattie as Himself

Eric de la Torre as Himself

Micky Burn as Himself

The Greatest Raid of All Time Cast

Name	Character
Jeremy Clarkson He was 46, now 64 years old	as Presenter
Sam Beattie	as Himself
Eric de la Torre He was 88, 92 years old when he died	as Himself
Micky Burn He was 94, 97 years old when he died	as Himself

The Greatest Raid of All Time Crew

Name	Department
Jeremy Clarkson as Writer. He was 46 (now 64) years old	Writing
Richard Pearson as Director.	Directing

The Greatest Raid of All Time (17 years)

Release day: Sunday, March 18, 2007
Runtime: 60 minutes