Duration: 28'50''
Documentaries examining famous air disasters, including the Hindenburg crash in 1937.
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S2E1: Challenger Disaster | Days That Shook the World
Documentaries examining famous air disasters, including the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster in 1986.
S2E10: Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn | Days That Shook the World
A British royal scandal: the trial and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn.
S2E10: The Abdication of Edward VIII | Days That Shook the World
A British royal scandal: the abdication of Edward VIII.
S2E2: The Christmas Truce | Days That Shook the World
An account of Christmas Day in 1914, when German and British soldiers initiated a spontaneous truce across the frontline.
S2E3: Attack on Pearl Harbor | Days That Shook the World
The 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, which changed world history.
S2E4: Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels | Days That Shook the World
The theft of the Crown Jewels on May 9, 1671.
S2E4: The Great Train Robbery | Days That Shook the World
The Great Train Robbery on August 8, 1963.
S2E5: Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal | Days That Shook the World
Assassination attempts by secret organizations, with Adolf Hitler as the intended victim.
S2E5: Wolf's Lair | Days That Shook the World
Assassination attempts by secret organizations, with Charles de Gaulle as the intended victim.
S2E6: Reach for the Stars: Trials of Galileo | Days That Shook the World
Galileo's ideas challenging views of the world.
S2E6: Yuri Gagarin's Flight | Days That Shook the World
Yuri Gagarin's journey as the first man in space.
S2E7: Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur | Days That Shook the World
Using dramatized reconstructions, this program recalls the first discovery of a dino...
S2E7: Piltdown Man | Days That Shook the World
Using dramatized reconstructions, this program recalls the 'Piltdown Man' hoax in 1953.
S2E8: Oklahoma City bombing | Days That Shook the World
How the commercial airplane has been used as a terrorist weapon: the Lockerbie disaster in 1988.
S2E8: Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | Days That Shook the World
How the commercial airplane has been used as a terrorist weapon: the Black September hijacking ...
S2E9: Cold War Spies: 1960 U-2 incident | Days That Shook the World
This program focuses on the shooting down of the US U-2 spy plane in 1960.
S2E9: Spy swap of Abel, Pryor and Powers | Days That Shook the World
This program focuses on the exchange of pilot Gary Powers and Soviet spy Colonel Abel in 1962.
1: Helped into Power | Nazis: A Warning from History
Documentary series examining how Hitler came to power. By January 1933, Germany had voted for a chancellor who was openl...
2: Chaos and Consent | Nazis: A Warning from History
A look at the extraordinary popularity of both Hitler and the Nazis, as well as the astonishing degree of voluntary supp...
S1E1: Politics | Rise of the Nazis
Delving into the corridors of power where Germany's top political mastermind sees an opportunity to use the popularity of the Nazis for hi...
S1E2: The First Six Months in Power | Rise of the Nazis
At the start of 1933, Hitler is the chancellor of Germany, but he does not have absolute power. He sets his sights on...
S1E3: Night of the Long Knives | Rise of the Nazis
Threatened by the ambition of SA leader Ernst Röhm, Hitler is persuaded by Himmler to destroy Röhm and his stormtroopers a...
3: The Wrong War | Nazis: A Warning from History
A look at how Hitler found himself at war with Britain - a country whose achievements he admired - and allied to his ideolog...
5: Frenzied Killing | Auschwitz: the Nazis and the Final Solution
The deportation of Hungary's Jews in 1944 precipitated the most intensive slaughter in Auschwitz's history.
The Reichstag fire and the Enabling Act | Rise of the Nazis
Goring blames the communists for the Reichstag fire, giving Rohm and the SA an excuse to arrest what is left of t...
How Hitler becomes Chancellor | Rise of the Nazis
A coalition between von Papen and the Nazis lead to Hindenburg finally agreeing to appoint Hitler as Chancellor.
The Gestapo | Nazis: A Warning from History
A look at how the Gestapo relied on the constant surveillance of the German public.
S1E2: Hitler's Last Days | Days That Shook the World
A dramatised anatomy of the final hours of Adolf Hitler, based on accounts of five witnesses who were in a secret underg...
Rise of the dictatorship | Rise of the Nazis
It's taken Hitler and the Nazi party just six months to destroy democracy and establish the new dictatorship.
4: The Wild East | Nazis: A Warning from History
This film provides insights into how the Nazis' reign of terror in Poland was characterised by huge population upheavals, ch...
Downfall | Der Untergang (2004)
As defeat looms, the increasingly unhinged Adolf Hitler readies himself for the end and makes his final declarations to a dwindling crowd of ...
God Bless You, Mr Chamberlain
Program marking the 50th anniversary of the Munich Agreement. Robert Harris finds in Chamberlain a strong man who believed he was right to hope...
S3E2: Hitler's Birthday | Rise of the Nazis
At the end of March 1945, Nazi Germany is on the brink of collapse, and with Berlin under daily bombardment, Hitler has permanent...
Reflections on Hitler's rise to power | Rise of the Nazis
Hitler was finally appointed Chancellor in 1933, in a move that marked the downfall of German democracy.
S2E3: The Home Front | Rise of the Nazis
Facing defeat on the Eastern Front, Hitler retreats, and his inner circle vies for power. The resistance gets a student voice, and a...
The Night of the Amazons | Nazis: A Warning from History
Annually in the 1930's, the Nazi's held a propaganda event called The Nights of the Amazons.
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