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Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic

Drama based on the events of May 1915, when the passenger liner Lusitania was sunk just off the coast of Ireland by a single torpedo fired from the German submarine U-20.

Drama based on the events of May 1915, when the passenger liner Lusitania was sunk just off the coast of Ireland by a single torpedo fired from the German submarine U-20 and almost 1,200 passengers and crew lost their lives.

Bitter controversy surrounded the sinking. Was the ship as innocent as she seemed? Had the British government secretly used a passenger ship to carry explosives? Worse still had Winston Churchill deliberately sacrificed then Lusitania to bring America into the war?

2 hours

Last on

Sat 21 Aug 201023:15
BBC HD

Credits

ActorJohn Hannah
ActorMichael Feast
ActorKenneth Cranham
ActorMadeleine Garrood
ActorPeter Benedict
ActorFlorian Panzer
ActorAdrian Topol
ActorMartin Le Maitre
ProducerJulian Ware
ProducerTom Brisley

Broadcasts

  • Sun 27 May 200720:00
    BBC One
  • Sat 21 Aug 201023:15
    BBC HD