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Zero Hour is a Canadian

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/British

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documentary

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-style television program

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, which airs on The History Channel

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in the United States

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, History Television

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in Canada and on the BBC

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in the United Kingdom. Zero Hour has also been shown on Channel Seven

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in Australia

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(third series aired on Network Ten

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from May 1, 2010), and now plays on 7mate

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, and on Discovery Channel

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in Africa

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, Asia

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, New Zealand

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, Brazil

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and the Netherlands

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. The program focuses on retelling the details of tragic man-made disasters which each unfolded in less than an hour.

Certain episodes have been partially censored for particular broadcasts. One example is the Columbine High School

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massacre episode, which had some scenes cut (for intense violence, profanity and racial slurs) when broadcast on Discovery Channel.

Season 1 (2004)

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Season 2 (2005)

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Season 3 (2006)

#	Title	Subject	Date of Disaster	Airdate	TV Rating
1	SAS Mission Impossible Operation Barras Operation Barras was the name given to a hostage rescue operation by the British Special Air Service, Special Boat Service, and Parachute Regiment in Sierra Leone on 10 September 2000...	Operation Barras	September 10, 2000	?	?
2	Falling Star - Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the death of all seven crew members...	Space Shuttle Columbia Break-Up	February 1, 2003	?	?
3	A Royal Massacre - Nepal Nepalese royal massacre The Nepalese royal massacre occurred on Friday, June 1, 2001, at a house in the grounds of the Narayanhity Royal Palace, then the residence of the Nepalese monarchy, when the heir to the throne, Prince Dipendra killed nine members of his family and himself. However, it hasn't been proven that...	A Nepalese Royal Massacre	June 1, 2001	?	?
4	Hostage Rescue in Lima Japanese embassy hostage crisis The Japanese embassy hostage crisis began on 17 December 1996 in Lima, Peru, when 14 members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement took hostage hundreds of high-level diplomats, government and military officials and business executives who were attending a party at the official residence of...	Japanese Embassy Hostage Crisis	April 22, 1997	?	?
5	The North Hollywood Shootout North Hollywood shootout The North Hollywood shootout was an armed confrontation between two heavily armed bank robbers and officers of the Los Angeles Police Department in the North Hollywood district of Los Angeles on February 28, 1997...	Bank Robbery and Shootout	February 28, 1997	?	?
6	Shoot-Out in Marseilles Air France Flight 8969 Air France Flight 8969 was an Air France flight that was hijacked on 24 December 1994 by the Armed Islamic Group at Algiers, where they killed three passengers, with the intention to crash it on the Eiffel tower in Paris. When the aircraft reached Marseille, the GIGN, an intervention group of the...	Hijack	December 26, 1994	?	?

Filming errors

In certain reenactments, newer model vehicles manufactured long after the historical event can be seen being used or make their way into the scene. An example is the reenactment of the North Hollywood shootout where a later model Ford Explorer

Ford Explorer

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and a newer Dodge Caravan

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are used as the SWAT

SWAT

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vehicle and a cover vehicle respectively.

Season 1 (2004)

Season 2 (2005)

Season 3 (2006)

Filming errors

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