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About Infamous Assassinations
Infamous Assassinations ended on July 30, 2012. The series aired on BBC One and concluded its single season with a total of 26 episodes. The show was a documentary series that explored some of the most notorious assassination attempts of the 20th century, providing detailed accounts of events from various historical figures and media personalities. Its focus was on revealing the motives and circumstances behind these violent acts, often using rare archive footage and reconstructions to bring these moments to life.
Infamous Assassinations was a series of educational documentaries that first premiered on July 9, 2012. It examined assassination attempts on royalty, politicians, guerrilla leaders, and media personalities, shedding light on the often-mysterious motives behind these violent episodes. The series aimed to give viewers a closer look at these historic events, some of which changed the course of history, through a detailed narrative format.
The series was narrated by Robert Powell. It had a runtime of approximately 30 minutes per episode.
Infamous Assassinations episode schedule
26 aired
Aired · 26
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| July 30, 2012 | S1·E26 | The Assassination of John F Kennedy |
| July 30, 2012 | S1·E25 | The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| July 30, 2012 | S1·E24 | The Assassination of King Alexander I |
| July 30, 2012 | S1·E23 | The Assassination of Tsar Nicholas II |
| July 30, 2012 | S1·E22 | The Assassination of Martin Luther King |
| July 30, 2012 | S1·E21 | The Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi |
| July 30, 2012 | S1·E20 | The Assassination of Robert Kennedy |
| July 23, 2012 | S1·E19 | The Attempt to Assassinate Hitler |
| July 23, 2012 | S1·E18 | The Attempts on General De Gaulle |
| July 23, 2012 | S1·E17 | The Assassination of Michael Collins |
| July 23, 2012 | S1·E16 | The Attempt on Ronald Reagan |
| July 23, 2012 | S1·E15 | The Assassination of Anwar Sadat |
| July 23, 2012 | S1·E14 | The Assassination of Che Guevara |
| July 23, 2012 | S1·E13 | The Assassinations of Indira & Rajiv Gandhi |
| July 16, 2012 | S1·E12 | The Assassination of Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd |
| July 16, 2012 | S1·E11 | The Assassination of Zia Al Huq |
| July 16, 2012 | S1·E10 | The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin |
| July 16, 2012 | S1·E9 | The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich |
| July 16, 2012 | S1·E8 | The Assassination of President McKinley |
| July 16, 2012 | S1·E7 | The Assassination of General Sikorski |
| July 9, 2012 | S1·E6 | The Attempt on Pope John Paul II |
| July 9, 2012 | S1·E5 | The Assassination of Leon Trotsky |
| July 9, 2012 | S1·E4 | The Assassination of Lord Louis Mountbatten |
| July 9, 2012 | S1·E3 | The Assassination of John Lennon |
| July 9, 2012 | S1·E2 | The Attempted Assassination of Princess Anne |
| July 9, 2012 | S1·E1 | The Assassination of Ernst Roehm |