The series
A series of eight dramatic reconstructions of stories which made the headlines.
Episodes
Season 1 · 8 episodes · 1978
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Episode 117 Feb 1978
Are You Dr Herrema?
A Dutch factory manager working in Ireland is kidnapped by the IRA.
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Episode 224 Feb 1978
Mayday for Pisces III
A small submersible sinks off the coast of Ireland, leading to the deepest sub rescue in history.
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Episode 33 Mar 1978
The Train That Never Arrived
In 1975, South Moluccan terrorists hijack a train in the Netherlands.
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Episode 410 Mar 1978
So, Who's Sick?
The story of the 1975 siege of the West German embassy in Stockholm by members of the Baader-Meinhof Gang.
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Episode 517 Mar 1978
The Million Dollar Children
The story of the Faraday School kidnapping in 1972, when two plasterers kidnapped six female pupils and their teacher from a school in rural Australia and demanded a million-dollar ransom.
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Episode 631 Mar 1978
Houston... We've Got a Problem
The story of the Apollo 13 mission and how disaster was narrowly averted.
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Episode 77 Apr 1978
Somewhere Between Cambridge Bay and Yellowknife
When a light aircraft crashes in the Canadian Arctic in 1972, the pilot finds himself forced to extremes to survive.
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Episode 814 Apr 1978
James Cross Will Be Executed
In 1970, a British diplomat is kidnapped in Montreal by the Quebec Liberation Front.
Cast
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