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26 Episodes 1967 - 1968
Episode 1
Mon, Sep 11, 196730 mins
The Rat Patrol and German forces clash in a small village. During the fighting a small girl falls down a well. An uneasy truce develops as both the Germans and Rat patrol try to save an innocent victim of war.
Episode 2
Mon, Sep 18, 196730 mins
The rat patrol ambush a pair of motorcyclists then become victims of an ambush themselves with all their vehicles being destroyed. A secret map indicates there might be a waterhole within walking distance so they set off across open desert. The boys of the Rat Patrol have to draw on all their cunning and guile to survive what awaits them at the waterhole.
Episode 3
Mon, Sep 25, 196730 mins
The rat patrol encounter a German force resupplying at a small village using local labor. Sgt Troy is faced with a terrible dilemma; he must stop the Germans resupplying, but at great cost to the innocent civilians caught up in the war. The Sergeant devises a cunning plan but what will be the ultimate cost to himself, his team and people of the village.
Episode 4
Mon, Oct 2, 196730 mins
The Rat Patrol are tasked with destroying a small German fort. They realize they don't have the equipment to complete the task and launch a daring plan to steal a German tank.
Episode 5
Mon, Oct 9, 196730 mins
During a raid on a German supply column a woman, claiming to be a nurse is shot and is in need of urgent medical attention. The team are faced with the choice of completing their mission or allowing the girl to die.

Episode 6
Mon, Oct 16, 196730 mins
The Rat Patrol are tasked with stealing a large cache of diamonds the Germans have accumulated at a military HQ in the desert. Brute force will not succeed so they need to attempt a plan full of guile and cunning to pull the theft off.

Episode 7
Mon, Oct 30, 196730 mins
The Rat Patrol is captured with the exception to their commander during a German raid. Elements of the SS want the men executed immediately however the German commander resists the instructions, buying time for the Rat patrol to try and escape.
Episode 8
Mon, Nov 6, 196730 mins
During a battle Sgt Troy is captured by the Germans. He immediately begins making plans with other POWs to breakout of prison. At the same time the remaining members of the Rat Patrol plan to raid the prison camp and rescue their Sergent.
Episode 9
Mon, Nov 13, 196730 mins
A truck carrying top secret anti aircraft shells is captured by the Germans. The Rat Patrol are tasked with retrieving the vehicle and one of their own also captured by the Germans.
Episode 10
Mon, Nov 20, 196730 mins
A British General's son is kidnapped by German forces, their intention is to arrange an exchange for a German General. It is decided to send in the Rat Patrol to rescue the child and foil German plans.
Episode 11
Mon, Nov 27, 196730 mins
The Rat Patrol become aware that a supply of contaminated plasma is being distributed to field hospitals. When the Germans capture the convoy a moral dilemma develops whether to warn the Germans or not.
Episode 12
Mon, Dec 4, 196730 mins
The Rat patrol are attacked by a group of Arabs working for the Germans. They survive the attack but find themselves with an unlikely prisoner.
Episode 13
Mon, Dec 11, 196730 mins
A British colonel is captured. The team is tasked with rescuing him but they are also told that there's a rumor that the man defected and he has information on a vital operation if they learn that he turned they are ordered to eliminate him. The colonel's driver who was wounded during the " capture" wants to go along but it's uncertain where his allegiances lie so he is denied permission. So he forces himself on the mission.
Episode 14
Mon, Dec 18, 196730 mins
One of the Rat Patrol impersonate a French electrician so he can infiltrate a secret German naval base.
Episode 15
Mon, Dec 25, 196730 mins
Troy is sent to an area that's suppose to be neutral to get something. But German agents capture him before he could get it. A young street urchin gets it and tries to sell it. But no one believes he has anything. The team rescues Troy who knows the boy has what he came for. So they try to find him. But the Germans upon learning this, takes the boy's sister, in hopes of trading her for what he has.
Episode 16
Mon, Jan 1, 196830 mins
Gen. Owen Lansbury is rescued from behind enemy lines. He has important information about a secret oil pipeline, and the Rat Patrol are tasked with disrupting this part of the German war effort.
Episode 17
Mon, Jan 8, 196830 mins
The Rat patrol meet a sub off the North African coast to exchange information about German beach positions. Troy starts to wonder at the real identity of the man they have met.
Episode 18
Mon, Jan 15, 196830 mins
The Rat Patrol meet in a small town to gain information on a new raid. Jack meets a French girl who'd sheltered him when he was injured earlier in the war. Jack has reservations about the mission, but is a solider first.

Episode 19
Mon, Jan 22, 196830 mins
The SS arrive in a town in direct violation of a treaty signed by both the German and Allied commanders. They confiscate serum needed for a Typus outbreak. Dietrich contacts the SS commander to try and intercede on behalf of the villages
Episode 20
Mon, Feb 5, 196830 mins
Deitrrich sets a cunning trap for the Rat Patrol. Once he captures them he reveals the true nature of his plan.
Episode 21
Mon, Feb 12, 196830 mins
When some Arabs try to kill the team, they discover they have in their possession information about them including some photos and among them is a photo of Troy with his brother, David. Troy learns his brother is in the country and arranges to meet him. When Moffitt asks what's going, Troy says that someone is after them. And that someone is a German officer whom, they encountered with before and was left disfigured and permanently injured. He has Troy's brother taken and one of his men is left behind to bring Troy to them. Troy finds his brother's jeep and the man left behind and "asks" him where his brother is. The German then lays a trap for Troy.

Episode 22
Mon, Feb 19, 196830 mins
The Rat Patrol is tasked with linking up with a group of Partisan fighters deep in the African desert. The people they meet surprise them being no more than children, but the Rat Patrols instructions are clear.
Episode 23
Mon, Feb 26, 196830 mins
From the DVD: On the Eve of a dangerous mission, Moffitt receives word that his younger brother has been killed by a German bomb in London.

Episode 24
Mon, Mar 4, 196830 mins
Troy is captured while trying to make contact with the underground in a small village. At stake is micro-film information about a new type of bomb the Germans have developed.
Episode 25
Mon, Mar 11, 196830 mins
Troy and Hitch are captured by a German colonel who wants them to pass false info to their HQ. They refuse so they are threatened. Moffit and Tully encounter a pair of Italians who demand they be taken captive but they are more concerned with looking for Troy and Hitch. When they find Troy they resort to an unusual trick to get to them.
Episode 26
Mon, Mar 18, 196830 mins
The Allies learn that a German general called "The Butcher" is taking a vacation in Koorlea. The patrol takes a sniper to Koorlea to liquidate the general, but upon arrival finds that the general is not alone but has his family with him.