KOCE Airing ‘Secret Army’ Exclusively

A 42-part BBC dramatic series, “Secret Army,” will begin airing Thursday on Channel 50, Huntington Beach-based KOCE-TV.

Set in Belgium during World War II, the series, which will continue every Thursday at 9 p.m., focuses on the organization called Lifeline that helped Allied servicemen escape from the Nazis. “Secret Army” will not be shown by any other Southern California channels.

Also on KOCE, the accomplishments of Southeast Asian refugees in Orange County will be explored by reporter Jim Cooper on “The Southeast Asians: An American Success Story,” a public affairs special airing Sunday at 5 p.m. and Monday at 9 p.m.