The story of the crash of the great airship Hindenburg and the events leading up to the Challenger space shuttle disaster including the efforts of several engineers to prevent the launch of this flight.
Recreates the temporary cessation of hostilities in the trenches of the Western Front in December 1914, including the famous football match between the British and German troops, and the repercussions among the generals.
On-going series aired internationally on the History Channel. Program highlights a pivitol event in history from the perspective of those who witnessed it.
The story of the theft of over £2million in bank notes from a night mail train in England in 1963 - the biggest theft in world history at that point. The dramatization draws upon the touching story behind the architect of the robbery, Bruce Reynolds.
22 August 1962 and 20 July 1944 Two assassination attempts that, if successful, might have changed the course of history: the Algerian Secret Army's attempt to shoot President de Gaulle of France and Colonel von Stauffenberg's planting of a bomb under Hitler's desk.
12 April 1633 and 12 April 1961 Two days on which science challenged the conventional view of our place in the universe: April 12, 1633 when Galileo stands trial for heresy for claiming the sun and not the Earth is the centre of the known universe, and exactly 328 years to the day later (1961) when Soviet cosmonaut Major Yuri Gagarin steps from the Earth into space.
Country physician Gideon Mantle is an aspiring amateur geologist but it's his wife Mary that finds the first Iguanadon tooth, later considered the first evidence of plant eating Dinosaurs discovered in Great Britain. Contrasted with this tale is the uncovering of the boldest scientific hoax in British scientific history, the counterfeiting of the Piltdown Man. Long considered the missing link proving Darwin's theories.
The shooting down of a top secret spy plane ultimately led to a dramatic spy swap on a Berlin bridge. Two Cold War tales are told in this look at a time of international tension and suspicion.
