2 December 1942 and 26 April 1986 The first controlled nuclear chain reaction heralded the atomic age, but Chernobyl's runaway chain reaction was the first warning. How did the most exciting scientific breakthroughs ever lead to the...
1. Wright Brothers First Flight/Apollo Moon Landing
Aired: Nov 1, 2003Profiles of two ground breaking days in aviation. The first powered, manned f...
2. The Coronation/The Death of Diana
Aired: Nov 30, -1The coronation of the young Queen Elizabeth on June 2nd 1953, the first coron...
3. The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand/The Death of Hitler
Aired: Nov 30, -1WWI broke out as the result of the Assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hu...
4. The Assassination of Rev Martin Luther King/The Release of Nelson Mandela
Aired: Nov 30, -14 April 1968 and February 1990 How tow men - both intellectuals and determine...
Aired: Nov 30, -1At exactly 5.32am on August 6th 1945, a B29 Bomber, The Enola Gay, took off f...
6. The Romanovs/The Berlin Wall
Aired: Nov 30, -1The era Communism is bookended by the Russian revolution and the murder of th...
7. Kristallnacht/The Birth of Israel
Aired: Nov 30, -19 November 1938 and 14 May 1948 Just ten years after the Nazis openly attacke...
8. Tutankhamun's Tomb/Deciphering the Rosetta Stone
Aired: Nov 30, -126 November 1922 and 17 September 1822 Two days that brought ancient Egypt dr...
9. First Nuclear Reaction/Chernobyl
Aired: Nov 5, 20042 December 1942 and 26 April 1986 The first controlled nuclear chain reaction...
10. Black September Hijackings/Lockerbie
Aired: Oct 30, 2003In September 1970 Terrorists hijacked a number of jetliners, flew them to Jor...
11. The Assassination of JFK/The Resignation of Nixon
Aired: Jan 22, 2004No one could have dreamed or anticipated the seismic shocks America suffered ...
12. Marconi's First Transatlantic Radio Transmission/Concorde's First Transatlantic Flight
Aired: Jan 7, 2004It is 19th October 1977 and Concorde taxis onto the runway at Toulouse Airpor...
Main Cast
Guest Staring
Current Status: Ended
Network: BBC Four
Genres:Documentary, History
