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- ↑ "Battlefield Detectives".
- ↑ History Television "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Retrieved 2009-07-24. - ↑ Episode list for "BattleField Detectives" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421092/episodes Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ↑ Battlefield Detectives Episode Guide http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCProgram.do?sId=EP00607074&t=Battlefield+Detectives&method=getEpisodesForShow&epYear=1 Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ↑ Battlefield Detectives http://www.crowddynamics.co.uk/Battlefield%20Detectives/BattleField.htm [ permanent dead link ] Retrieved 2009-07-26.