Over six 50-minute episodes, it tells the story of Gerhard Schulz, a German fraudster and petty criminal who is forced against his will to serve in the SS. In a story based on the real, though unrealised, plot by the Germans known as Operation Bernhard, he persuades his superiors to authorise a project to print counterfeit British five pound notes for the purpose of destroying the British economy.
Over six 50-minute episodes, the story follows Gerhard Schulz, a German fraudster and petty criminal who is coerced into serving in the SS. He then devises a plan with his superiors to create fake British five pound notes as part of Operation Bernhard, an unrealized plot aimed at destroying the British economy.