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The Final Countdown

Science-fiction drama starring Martin Sheen and Kirk Douglas. A Pacific aircraft carrier finds itself transported from 1980 to 1941, just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Science-fiction drama about a Pacific aircraft carrier which enters a time warp and finds itself transported from 1980 to 1941.

Arriving just before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the captain is forced to decide whether to strike at the approaching Japanese fleet and change the entire course of the World War II.

1 hour, 44 minutes

Last on

Sun 14 Oct 201201:10
BBC Two

Credits

Capt. Matthew YellandKirk Douglas
Warren LaskyMartin Sheen
Laurel ScottKatharine Ross
Wing Commander Richard T OwensJames Farentino
DirectorDon Taylor
Commander Dan ThurmanRon O'Neal
Sen. Samuel ChapmanCharles Durning
Black CloudVictor Mohica
Lt. PerryJames C. Lawrence
SimuraSoon-Tek Oh
Commander DamonJoe Lowry
Lt. KajimaAlvin Ing
Marine Cpl. KullmanMark Thomas
BellmanHarold Bergman
Navy DoctorDan Fitzgerald
ProducerPeter Douglas
WriterGerry Davis
WriterDavid Ambrose
WriterPeter Powell
WriterThomas Hunter

Broadcasts

  • Sun 30 Aug 200901:05
    BBC One
  • Mon 24 May 201000:10
    BBC Two except Scotland & Yorkshire
  • Mon 24 May 201000:40
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sun 14 Oct 201201:10
    BBC Two except Yorkshire