Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic

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2:45 PM to 4:35 PM

Monday 6 October

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Docu-drama retelling the events of 1915 when a German submarine fired a single torpedo at British liner the Lusitania, killing more than 1,000 crew and passengers en route from New York to Liverpool. The sinking of the ship provoked outrage on an unprecedented scale and marked a pivotal moment in history. The programme brings to life events on board both vessels, and goes inside the cramped hull of the U-boat that fired the fateful torpedo