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Hostile Waters

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Tense thriller, based on actual events, which tells the story of a submarine accident off the eastern seaboard of the United States in October 1986, just days before the crucial peace summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. Following a routine avoidance manoeuvre which goes wrong and results in a collision between Soviet and American submarines, a crew battles to avert a nuclear catastrophe. Show less

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