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Discover defensive strategies that include the most powerful instinct, a mother’s love - the protection of the next generation. It is the act of self-sacrifice or risk of harm that typifies a mother’s defence of her offspring. Part 3 of 12.
On 19 July 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 was making its regularly scheduled flight from Denver to Chicago when the DC-10 aircraft suffered a catastrophic failure to the tail-engine. The crew onboard faced the impossible task of landing with a total loss of control. 112 passengers perished in the horrific crash but thanks to the incredible crew, 184 people survived the fifth-deadliest crash involving a DC-10. In this episode we hear from multiple survivors as well as the first-officer, Bill Records, who gives a rare first-hand account from the cockpit, of what could have been the crew’s final moments. Part 5 of 10. Ⓢ
12 August, 1985 saw the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history. Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight carrying 524 people from Tokyo to Osaka. Just 12 minutes into the flight, the Boeing 747 jumbo-jet suffered a fatal decompression that ripped off most of the tail. With a total loss of hydraulics, the crew were unable to control the aircraft which tragically crashed into a mountainside. This episode features the account of a widowed partner of one passenger who perished in the crash, on why the grief from the tragedy still lives on. Part 6 of 10. Ⓢ
On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447, a scheduled passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris dramatically vanished over the Atlantic Ocean. With little trace of the aircraft an intense sea search commenced, with the wreckage only being found nearly two years after the initial disappearance. Salvaged flight recorders revealed a tragic series of events that led to the aircraft plummeting into the ocean, killing everyone on board. In this episode, BEA investigators give insight into the gripping case of the missing Airbus A330. Part 7 of 10. Ⓢ
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 was less than a mile from the runway at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport when it catastrophically crashed on 25 February 2009. The aircraft broke into three pieces on impact, killing nine passengers and crew and all three pilots. A faulty radio altimeter was the initial catalyst in a chain of errors that led to the horrific crash. In this episode, survivors tell their story of escaping from the wreckage of what should have been a normal commute home to Amsterdam. Part 8 of 10. Ⓢ
Exploring the river environment, where the enormous Nile crocodiles and hippopotamus are found. Part 12 of 12.
Harbor From the Holocaust is the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II, to the Chinese port city of Shanghai. In this one-hour documentary, hear their extraordinary recollections and unique relationship with their adopted city. Rivalling all elements and in tragic contrast to those who could not escape, this is a Holocaust story of life. Ⓢ
Episode six of the series begins with a biographical comparison of Ulysses S Grant and Robert E Lee and then chronicles the extraordinary series of battles that pitted the two generals against each other, from the wilderness to Petersburg in Virginia. In 30 days, the two armies lose more men than both sides have lost in three years of war. The programme also follows General Sherman's Atlanta campaign through the mountains of north Georgia. Part 6 of 9.
The presidential election of 1864 sets Abraham Lincoln against his old commanding general, George McClellan. The survival of the Union itself is at stake as opinion in the North turns strongly against the war. Victories at Mobile Bay, Atlanta and the Shenandoah Valley tilt the election to Lincoln and the Confederacy's last hope for independence dies. Lee's Arlington mansion is turned into a Union military hospital and the estate becomes Arlington National Cemetery. Part 7 of 9.
William Tecumseh Sherman's brilliant march to the sea brings the war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the end of the Confederacy. In March, following Lincoln's second inauguration, Petersburg and Richmond finally fall to Grant's army. Lee's tattered Army of Northern Virginia flees westward towards a tiny crossroads town called Appomattox Court House. There the dramatic and deeply moving surrender of Lee to Grant takes place. Part 8 of 9.
The final episode of the series begins with the aftermath of Lee's surrender and then narrates the events of five days later when, on 14 April, Lincoln is assassinated. After chronicling Lincoln's poignant funeral, the series recounts the final days of the war, the capture of John Wilkes Booth and the fates of the Civil War's major protagonists. The episode then considers the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country from a collection of states to the nation it is today. Part 9 of 9.
The true story of the mission to assassinate the world’s most dangerous man. In 1989, Scottish mercenary and ex-SAS operative, Peter McAleese, was hired by a Colombian drug cartel to lead a small team of ex-special forces commandos on a mission to assassinate the world’s biggest drug baron, Pablo Escobar. With access to never-before-seen footage of the mission and interviews with McAleese and other key players in the story, Killing Escobar reveals how McAleese’s violent upbringing in Glasgow, his training in the SAS and experience as a mercenary in Africa led him into the jungles of Colombia to kill Escobar, and how this mission would reshape his life forever.
Political journalist Patrick Gower investigates the complex story of the 2018 terrorist attack at the Al Noor and Linwood Mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. An Australian white supremacist armed with automatic rifles live-streamed the attack in which 51 people died. Should New Zealand have been more prepared? Patrick Gower explores whether he may have been complicit by airing extremist views in the past. And what role do the tech giants play in the radicalisation of people? In this sensitive and nuanced documentary, the terrorist is never shown or named out of respect to those that died that day. Instead, at the heart of this compelling documentary are the victims' powerful stories.
