Infamous Assassinations: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Get ready to witness the 20th Century's most damaging and outrageous assassination attempts, first-hand. From the assassination of John F Kennedy to the gunning down of Mahatma Gandhi, the tragic shooting of John Lennon to the brutal bombing of one of Hitler's henchmen, the BBC series Infamous Assassinations brings you as close to the killers as the cameramen themselves - which sometimes means just a few feet.

Using rare archive footage and reconstructions, each episode of this BBC documentary series focuses on a different story, from attacks on royalty, politicians and guerrilla leaders to media personalities who all, for one reason or another, stepped in the way of an assassin determined to bring their life to an end. Many of their motives have remained shrouded in mystery. Until now...

Infamous Assassinations is a series of educational documentaries from the BBC about famous events throughout history.

Series details

• Title: Infamous Assassinations
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime, History
• Premiere date: 2012-07-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-07-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 24680
• IMDb ID: tt1659004
• TVDB ID: 84180

Cast and credited roles

• Robert Powell — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-07-09; final listed air date 2012-07-30; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Infamous Assassinations on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.