惊世一刻

S3 · E1 · 2005年10月20日

The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean/The Execution of the Rosenbergs 第 1 集

19 June 1953 and 25 May 1951 The differing fates of the most famous Soviet spies are explored as, in the USA, the Rosenbergs face the electric chair for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets and, after a dramatic flight, the British spies Burgess and Maclean find safety in the hands of the KGB.

S3 · E2 · 2006年4月22日

Rule of the Gun: The O.K. Corral/Saint Valentine's Day Massacre 第 2 集

26 October 1881 and 14 February 1929 From the wild west and the mob-run city come two stories that have entered American mythology: the gunfight in the obscure mining town of Tomestone and Al Copone's frenzied attack on George 'Busgsy' Malone in Chicago.

S3 · E3 · 2005年11月3日

Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds/Hitler Diaries 第 3 集

30 October 1938 and 24 April 1983 Over a million radio listeners panic thinking the nation was being attacked by Martians in Orsen Welles 'War of the Worlds' and one of the world's most venerable newspapers falls for fake diaries of Adolf Hitler. Clever fakers or just a gullible public?

S3 · E4 · 2005年11月10日

The War to End All Wars: The End of World War I 第 4 集

11 November 1918 This dramatic story of the final days of World War 1 finds soldiers still fighting and Germany turning to anarchy. Meanwhile, in a wood in France, hostile negotiations take place in a race to end the war.

S3 · E5 · 2005年11月17日

Let Freedom Rise: The Boston Tea Party/The Independence of India 第 5 集

6 December 1773 and 14 August 1947 The catalyst and repercussions of freedom from colonial rule are explored in the American 'patriots' raid on a British ship and the web of devastation and destruction the soured India's independence celebrations.

S3 · E6 · 2005年11月24日

Battle For The Holy City: The Six-Day War 第 6 集

7 June 1967 By the third day of a six day war, Israeli forces have destroyed egypt's armies in the Sinai, captured the West Bank and seized the Old City of Jurusalem. But the euphoria of victory soon turns to anguish.

S3 · E7 · 2005年12月1日

The Battle of Midway 第 7 集

4 June 1942 At a tiny atoll in the Pacific Ocean, the massed forces of the US and Japanese fleets meet for a decisive showdown. In the space pf just four minutes, the entire course of World War II is about to be transformed.

S3 · E8 · 2005年12月22日

The Road To Revolution: The Execution of Ceauşescu/The Iranian Revolution 第 8 集

The impact of the executions of Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania and the Shah of Iran.

S3 · E9 · 2005年12月15日

Episode 9 第 9 集

S3 · E10 · 2005年12月22日

The Overthrow of Ceaucescu 第 10 集