Clash of the Gods

James Nesbitt: Disasters That Changed Britain

Award winning actor James Nesbitt presents this documentary series covering the most devastating disasters to shake Britain in the last 60 years. Since the end of the Second World War, Great Britain has had its fair share of unfortunate events. From the Munich air disaster of 1958 to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, Nesbitt unpicks the events that preceded these disasters and attempts to explain why they happened.This documentaries shines a light on the the human cost of these tragedies and analyses the political and cultural factors that may have contributed to them. As these disasters made huge impacts on the Britain we know today, the changes that were made in the wake of the horrific events are examined. Donald McIntyre and Anna Richardson also join with their own investigations into events that happened years before that had unforeseen consequences.