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Life at Stake

1978

1 season

8 episodes

Drama

A series of eight dramatic reconstructions of stories which made the headlines.

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Cast

Frank Duncan

Edward Hardwicke

Frank Grimes

Philip Jackson

Valerie Holliman

Anthony Bate

Tony Osoba

John Abineri

Anthony Daniels

Fredric Abbott

Trader Faulkner

Ed Bishop

Ep 1
1.Are You Dr. Herrema?
17-02-1978
A Dutch factory manager working in Ireland is kidnapped by the IRA.
Ep 2
2.Mayday for Pisces III
24-02-1978
A small submersible sinks off the coast of Ireland, leading to the deepest sub rescue in history.
Ep 3
3.The Train That Never Arrived
03-03-1978
In 1975, South Moluccan terrorists hijack a train in the Netherlands.
Ep 4
4.So, Who's Sick?
10-03-1978
The story of the 1975 siege of the West German embassy in Stockholm by members of the Baader-Meinhof Gang.
Ep 5
5.The Million Dollar Children
17-03-1978
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...
Ep 6
6.Houston... We've Got a Problem
31-03-1978
The story of the Apollo 13 mission and how disaster was narrowly averted.
Ep 7
7.Somewhere Between Cambridge Bay and Yellowknife
07-04-1978
When a light aircraft crashes in the Canadian Arctic in 1972, the pilot finds himself forced to extremes to survive.
Ep 8
8.James Cross Will Be Executed
14-04-1978
In 1970, a British diplomat is kidnapped in Montreal by the Quebec Liberation Front.

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