
Zero Hour
2004 · 3 seasons · 16 episodes · Returning Series · History
Documentary, Drama
TMDB 7.4 · 9 votes
Zero Hour dramatizes the hour leading up to some of the most memorable historical events as they unfold minute by minute. Using a real-time clock and a split screen to follow key players, the series reveals the compelling and exciting minutes leading up to events that changed the world.
Episodes
- S01E01Disaster at Chernobyl2004-08-2950m
At precisely 1.23am on 26 April 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.
- S01E02Massacre at Columbine High2013-02-2152m
This episode covers the final hour leading up to the Columbine High Massacre.
- S01E03The Last Hour of Flight 112013-02-2852m
Zero 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.
- S01E04Terror in Tokyo2013-03-0752m
During 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.
Cast
Paul McGannNarrator (Voice)
Sean PertweeNarrator (Voice)
David MorrisseyNarrator (Voice)- Ben JohnsonEric Harris, Timothy McVeigh
George W. BushSelf (archive footage), Self (Archival Footage)- Kevork ArslanianLofti, Waleed Alshehri
Mikhail GorbachevSelf (archival footage)- Boris StolyarchukSelf
- Anatoli DiatlovSelf
- Alexander YuvchenkoSelf
- Josh YoungDylan Klebold
- Alex MacdonaldJohn Savage



