Episodes
1. Japan's Nuclear Nightmare
6.5
March 11, 2012
45 min
On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami off Japan’s coast caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
2. Bismarck
8.0
March 18, 2012
45 min
Maritime Historian Andrew Lambert looks at the Royal Navy's battle with the German battleship Bismarck.
3. Mountain Tsunami
8.5
March 25, 2012
45 min
In 1963 a landslide from Monte Toc into the reservoir of the Europe's highest dam caused a giant flood wave that destroyed the village of Longarone and other villages, claiming over 2,000 lives.
4. Waco Cult
7.0
April 1, 2012
45 min
After a 51-day siege at the ranch of an armed religious cult, the FBI tries to force people out with tear gas, but a fire breaks out and almost 80 people die.
5. Deepwater Horizon
7.0
April 15, 2012
45 min
A look at the series of decisions and mistakes that led to the world's largest oil spill disaster, and that 11 workers on the rig died.
