The BombKennedy and KhrushchevEpisodes Episode guide

Back up to: The Bomb

1. Episode 10

   10/10Nuclear war is terrifyingly close. Can the superpowers stop a global catastrophe?

   Next on

   Wed 4 Feb 202604:32GMT

   BBC World Service
2. Episode 9

   9/10Nuclear war is terrifyingly close. Can the superpowers stop a global catastrophe?

   Next on

   Wed 28 Jan 202604:32GMT

   BBC World Service
3. 8. The logic of war

   8/10Troops in Cuba fear an attack is imminent – Castro urges Khrushchev to strike first

   Next on

   Wed 21 Jan 202604:32GMT

   BBC World Service
4. 7. Eyeball to eyeball

   7/10President Kennedy addresses the nation and imposes a blockade on ships bound for Cuba

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   Wednesday04:32GMT

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5. 6. Kennedy’s move

   6/10Pressure builds on President Kennedy to order a military strike on Cuba
6. 5. The crisis: Day one

   5/10Spy plane pictures reveal the missile build up to the Americans. How will they respond?
7. 4. Almost caught

   4/10Soviet ships carry nuclear missiles to Cuba. But the US can’t prove it
8. 3. Gamble

   3/10The Soviets secretly plan to move an arsenal of nuclear weapons to Cuba
9. 2. King of bombs

   2/10Vienna talks break down, the Berlin wall rises and a huge bomb is tested over the Arctic
10. 1. Opening moves

    1/10As the USA and Soviet Union race for supremacy, Premier Khrushchev sizes up JFK
11. Trailer

    1/10Nuclear war is terrifyingly close. Can the superpowers stop a global catastrophe?