Guy Martin's Battle of Britain (2021)

Guy Martin has mastered many machines, but would he have made the grade as a 'Battle of Britain' pilot? The two programmes crank up the jeopardy as to whether he will make it through a Second World War training course to face a Battle-of-Britain-style dogfight with a Messerschmitt. In the first part, Guy Martin' learns how to fly in a 'Tiger Moth' bi-plane, before progressing to the much faster 'Harvard' aircraft and combat manoeuvres. He also tries his hand at clay pigeon shooting, which was used as a training exercise to help rookie pilots shoot fast-moving targets. In the second part, Guy's training ramps up at the UK's only aerial combat school, where he must master dog-fighting at 200mph, handling extreme g-force, and flying upside down. He enlists the help of the Parachute Regiment for a unique experiment demonstrating the firepower of Second World War aircraft machine guns, before being allowed behind the joystick of the world's only two-seater 'Hawker Hurricane' to face a 'Messerschmitt 109' in the skies over Kent.