BBC 1997 - 1999 3 seasons 18 eps Ended

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1997 - 1999 3 seasons 18 eps

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S3 · E1 · Mar 8, 1999

The Marchioness Episode 1

In August 1989, 51 people lost their lives when the Bowbelle dredger collided with the Marchioness passenger boat on the River Thames. The design of both vessels was criticised. Numerous warnings about the inevitability of such an accident had gone unheeded for years.

30 min

S3 · E2 · Mar 15, 1999

Crash in the dark: The Severn Tunnel Train Crash Episode 2

In December 1991, two passenger trains collided in the 6.5km long tunnel under the River Severn in England, 185 people were injured. Rescuers did not reach the train until two hours after the accident

30 min

S3 · E3 · Mar 22, 1999

JAL 123: A Japanese Tragedy Episode 3

In August 1985, Japan Air Flight 123 crashed into the side of a mountainNorth West of Tokyo. It was the largest single aircraft fatality in history.520 people died. A poor repair was the cause. But the real story behindthe crash was the scandalous incompetence in reacting to the accident and the rescue attempt in the immediate aftermath.

30 min

S3 · E4 · Mar 29, 1999

A Cancer in the System Episode 4

In 1993,Chief Biomedical Scientist Neil Woodward noticed that there was a problem with the way the Kent & Canterbury Hospital’s laboratory was screening cervical smear slides.It took three years and a leak to the national press before any action was taken.

30 min

S3 · E5 · Apr 12, 1999

Deadly Metal Episode 5

When Mexican warehouseman Vincente Sotelo dismantled an unused hospital x-ray machine and sold it for scrap, he had no idea he was causing a radioactive spill 100 times worse than Three Mile Island. 6,000 pellets of cobalt-60 were spread across the USA and Mexico. The disaster was only discovered by accident.

30 min

S3 · E6 · Apr 19, 1999

Atomic Inferno Episode 6

In 1957, a fire was discovered inside Britain’s first nuclear reactor atWindscale. At the time emergency procedures were minimal, but its effects are still being felt today.

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Season 3

The Marchioness Episode 1

Crash in the dark: The Severn Tunnel Train Crash Episode 2

JAL 123: A Japanese Tragedy Episode 3

A Cancer in the System Episode 4

Deadly Metal Episode 5

Atomic Inferno Episode 6

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Season 3

The Marchioness Episode 1

Crash in the dark: The Severn Tunnel Train Crash Episode 2

JAL 123: A Japanese Tragedy Episode 3

A Cancer in the System Episode 4

Deadly Metal Episode 5

Atomic Inferno Episode 6

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