Zero Hour

Name: Zero Hour
Released: 2004-08-29
Rating: 7.4

2004 · 1h 0m · TMDB 7.4/10 (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.

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About Zero Hour

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.

Status: Returning Series
TMDB rating: 7.4/10 from 9 votes
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 16

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

Latest aired season

Season 1

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S1 E1Aug 29, 200450 min

Disaster at Chernobyl

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.

TMDB 10.0/10 from 3 votes

S1 E2Feb 21, 201352 min

Massacre at Columbine High

This episode covers the final hour leading up to the Columbine High Massacre.

TMDB 10.0/10 from 3 votes

S1 E3Feb 28, 201352 min

The Last Hour of Flight 11

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.

TMDB 9.0/10 from 2 votes

S1 E4Mar 7, 201352 min

Terror in Tokyo

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.

TMDB 8.0/10 from 2 votes