Zero Hour
Season 1
Zero Hour dramatizes the hour leading up to some of the most memorable historical events as they unfold minute by minute. The focus of the series isn't the event itself, but the individual moments that culminate in the actual event. The aim of Zero Hour is to experience history just before it became history.
4 Episodes
- Disaster at Chernobyl
E1Disaster at ChernobylAt precisely 01:23:48 on a spring morning of April 26th 1986, the world changed forever. In Pripyat, Ukraine in the Soviet Union the largest nuclear reactor of its kind exploded at the Chernobyl Power Station. Disaster at Chernobyl uses previously undisclosed facts and eyewitness reports to reconstruct the events of the last fateful hour. - Massacre at Columbine High
E2Massacre at Columbine HighIn this detailed documentary you will explore the events preceding the Columbine Massacre, which took place April 20, 1999 in Colimbine High School. Along with detailed and time specific recreations of what happened; you will learn of the entire incident, and what caused it. - The Last Hour of Flight 11
E3The Last Hour of Flight 11Zero Hour: The Last Hour of Flight 11 dramatically recounts the final sixty minutes of American Airlines Flight 11—an hour, and a flight, that changes the world forever. At 08:46 on the morning of September 11, 2001, Flight 11, a fully fueled Boeing 767, explodes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. It is the first terrorist strike on that day of infamy. - Terror in Tokyo
E4Terror in TokyoDuring a rush-hour morning, Tokyo's elaborate underground Metro system is packed with commuters. They are unaware that it is about to become ground zero for an attempted mass murder. This program reconstructs minute by minute events from 7.46am to 8.46am as five men set out to poison the Tokyo Metro system. It offers personal testimonies of individuals caught up in events beyond their control.