A series of eight dramatic reconstructions of stories which made the headlines.
Life at Stake (Staffel 1)
Are You Dr. Herrema? (Folge 1)
Autor: Don Shaw
Sendedatum: 1978-02-17
Übersicht: A Dutch factory manager working in Ireland is kidnapped by the IRA.
Mayday for Pisces III (Folge 2)
Autor: Nick McCarty
Sendedatum: 1978-02-24
Übersicht: A small submersible sinks off the coast of Ireland, leading to the deepest sub rescue in history.
The Train That Never Arrived (Folge 3)
Autor: Elwyn Jones
Sendedatum: 1978-03-03
Übersicht: In 1975, South Moluccan terrorists hijack a train in the Netherlands.
So, Who's Sick? (Folge 4)
Autor: John Elliot
Sendedatum: 1978-03-10
Übersicht: The story of the 1975 siege of the West German embassy in Stockholm by members of the Baader-Meinhof Gang.
The Million Dollar Children (Folge 5)
Autor: Elwyn Jones
Sendedatum: 1978-03-17
Übersicht: 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.
Houston... We've Got a Problem (Folge 6)
Autor: Jim Hawkins
Sendedatum: 1978-03-31
Übersicht: The story of the Apollo 13 mission and how disaster was narrowly averted.
Somewhere Between Cambridge Bay and Yellowknife (Folge 7)
Autor: Martin Thompson
Sendedatum: 1978-04-07
Übersicht: When a light aircraft crashes in the Canadian Arctic in 1972, the pilot finds himself forced to extremes to survive.
James Cross Will Be Executed (Folge 8)
Autor: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Sendedatum: 1978-04-14
Übersicht: In 1970, a British diplomat is kidnapped in Montreal by the Quebec Liberation Front.