KLEM TV

Kampen om tungtvannet -- Norwegian for "The Heavy Water War" -- is a fascinating 6-part mini series produced by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corp beginning in 2015. The story concerns the WW II sabotage efforts of Norwegian partisans with the help of British intelligence and support. Briefly, the Germans needed heavy water (deuterium oxide) for their nuclear power/bomb ambitions and Norsk Hydro was the sole supplier in Europe. The series has a "Guns Of Navarone" vibe and definitely keeps your interest. Most of the characters are based on real-life counterparts except for the female British intelligence officer. That's too bad because she's quite fetching:

Anna Friel

She plays the sort of mind that's easy to fall in love with. 

Another aspect I liked about the series is that it's done in at least three different languages: Norwegian, German, and English. This is fascinating because I've taken an interest in the interplay between those Germanic languages. For example, consider the title: Kampen om tungtvannet. Readers like Sixty will recognize the the German translation: Kämpfen um Schwerwasser. Astute readers might reckon that "Tungvannet" must mean "heavywater." 

Tungsten means "heavy stone" in Swedish. It is indeed a heavy element -- the pure metal has other interesting properties and old time TV viewers may recall that Wilkinson razor blades used to tout that their blades were hardened by tungsten carbide. The chemical symbol for tungsten is not Tu as it should be, but rather W, for Wolfram. That's another interesting story.

Sorry to have drifted off into two of my favorite topics, chemistry and languages. Give the show a butcher's -- it's on Netflix or Amazon -- I forget which.