Season 2
(2004)
Cast
Episodes
Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg / Challenger Disaster 0.0
September 27, 2004
6 May 1937 And 27 January 1986. Two traumatic air disasters highlighting the human cost of aviation: the transatlantic …
The Christmas Truce 0.0
October 11, 2004
25 December 1914 The first Christmas of World War 1 bore witness to an incredible phenomenon. A spontaneous truce brok…
Attack on Pearl Harbor 0.0
October 18, 2004
7 December 1941 The devastating pre-emptive strike on the American fleet in Hawaii that caught the USA sleeping was a …
Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels / The Great Train Robbery 0.0
November 1, 2004
9 May and 28 August 1963. The intriguing stories behind two of Britain's most audacious robberies centres on the parts…
Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal / Wolf's Lair 0.0
November 8, 2004
22 August 1962 and 20 July 1944. Two assassination attempts that, if successful, might have changed the course of histo…
Reach For The Stars: Trials of Galileo / Yuri Gagarin's Flight 0.0
November 15, 2004
12 April 1633 and 12 April 1961. Two days on which science challenged the conventional view of our place in the univers…
Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur/Piltdown Man 0.0
November 22, 2004
September 1824 and 20 November 1953 Two archaeological 'discoveries' which profoundly altered our understanding of the…
Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln/Oklahoma City Bombing 0.0
December 6, 2004
14 April 1865 and 19 April 1995 Eye-witness accounts, key figures and court transcripts are used to retell tow terrori…
Cold War Spies: Gary Powers/Rudolf Abel 0.0
July 1, 2004
1 May 1960 and 18 February 1962 These two stories from the height of the Cold War illustrate the mistrust and suspicio…
Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn/The Abdication of Edward VIII 0.0
December 20, 2004
19 May 1536 and 10 December 1936 The Story of two English kings whose private affairs become national events - how the…