For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplannerViewing guide, by Joe ClayDas BootSky Atlantic/Now TV, 9pmWolfgang Petersen’s oppressive and compulsively watchable 1981 drama is arguably the definitive film about submarine warfare during the Second World War. Nearly four decades later comes an accomplished eight-part sequel (Petersen’s film was also shown as a TV miniseries in 1985) made by Sky Germany, which is set in autumn 1942, shortly after the Allies cracked the Enigma code, thus ending the U-boats’ dominance at sea. The tide is turning against the Nazi war machine, with increased levels of resistance in previous safe havens such as La Rochelle, making mainland Europe dangerous and unpredictable. It is against this backdrop of uncertainty that the young crew…

Source: The Times February 06, 2019 00:00 UTC