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Breaking Point

NEW · 2026 Investigative factual series · 10 × 45' · 2026

Breaking Point

Moments that shocked the world

From the Moon landing to the fall of the Berlin Wall, from the assassination of John F. Kennedy to the release of Nelson Mandela — the moments that stopped the world, told by the people who were there.

About the series

Each episode takes one kind of event that stopped the world: bombings, assassinations, mass shootings, attempts on leaders' lives, terror attacks and the turning points of modern history. Archive footage, first-hand accounts and expert analysis explain what happened, who was responsible, and how each event changed security, politics and everyday life.

Breaking Point – Promo

Episode highlights

01

Bomb Blasts

The deadliest bombings of recent decades, how ordinary days turned into scenes of horror, and how investigators traced the people behind them.

1988 Lockerbie · 1995 Oklahoma City · 1998 Nairobi · 2002 Bali · 2004 Madrid · 2005 London · 2013 Boston · 2016 Brussels · 2017 Manchester

02

Assassinations

Killings of presidents and public figures, the motives behind them, and the diplomatic and security fallout that followed.

1963 John F. Kennedy · 1991 Rajiv Gandhi · 2006 Litvinenko · 2006 Politkovskaya · 2016 Jo Cox · 2021 Jovenel Moïse · 2022 Shinzo Abe

03

History in the Making

Triumphs and tragedies that held the world's attention, and how people everywhere responded to crisis and change.

1969 Moon landing · 1986 Chernobyl · 1989 Berlin Wall · 1990 Mandela released · 1997 Princess Diana · 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

04

Under Fire

Mass shootings around the world: the events, the victims, the immediate aftermath and the lasting effect on communities and gun policy.

1999 Columbine · 2007 Virginia Tech · 2011 Utøya · 2017 Las Vegas · 2019 Christchurch · 2019 El Paso · 2023 Prague

05

Close Calls

Leaders and public figures who survived attempts on their lives, and what those near misses meant for the countries around them.

1981 Reagan · 1981 Pope John Paul II · 1984 Brighton · 2012 Malala · 2018 Skripal · 2020 Navalny · 2024 Fico · 2024 Trump

06

Terrorist Attacks

Attacks that struck streets, schools, concert halls and shopping centres, their human cost, and the security changes that followed worldwide.

1995 Tokyo subway · 2001 September 11 · 2004 Beslan · 2008 Mumbai · 2013 Westgate · 2015 Paris · 2016 Nice · 2017 Barcelona

Episodes 7–10 complete the series — titles and synopses on request.

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