Krakatoa - The Last Days

DRAMA: Krakatoa - The Last Days
Time: 21:00 to 22:30
When: Sunday 7th May 2006 on BBC 1
Duration: 01:27:24

Krakatoa.
Docudrama which draws on eye witness accounts, contemporary interviews and modern science to tell the true story of the eruption of the island of Krakatoa in 1883. It unleashed a series of terrifying tsunamis, destroyed hundreds of towns and villages and left more than 36,000 people dead. The film follows four stories - Willem Beijerinck as he struggles to save his family, scientist Rogier Verbeek, lighthouse keeper Jacob Schuit and Captain Lindeman, whose steamship is trapped at sea.
Starring: Olivia Williams, Rupert Penry-Jones, Kevin McMonagle, Darrell D\'Silva, Robert Hobbs