Zero Hour is a Canadian/British documentary-style television series, which airs on The History Channel in the United States, History Te levision in Canada, and on the BBC in the United Kingdom. Zero Hour has also aired on Channel Seven in Australia (third series aired on Network Ten from May 1, 2010 and now plays on 7mate); on Discovery Channel in Africa, Asia, New Zealand, Brazil, and the Netherlands. 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 massacre episode, which had some scenes cut (for intense violence, profanity, and racial slurs) when broadcast on Discovery Channel. Season 3 (2006) # Title Disaster 1 "SAS Mission Impossible" Operation Barras On September 10, 2000, the West Side Boys held members of the British Army's Royal Irish Regiment hostage. In the following rescue attempt, an estimated 56 people were killed, 12 wounded, and 18 WSBs captured. 2 "Falling Star - Columbia" Space Shuttle Columbia disaster On February 1, 2003, 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. 3 "A Royal Massacre - Nepal" Nepalese royal massacre On June 1, 2001, Crown Prince Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah killed 9 people and injured 5 others at a house in the grounds of the Narayanhity Royal Palace, before shooting himself and dying three days later on June 4, 2001. 4 "Hostage Rescue in Lima" Japanese embassy hostage crisis On April 22, 1997, hundreds of high-level diplomats, government and military officials and business executives were freed from the grasp of 14 members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) during a raid on the Japanese embassy in Lima by Peruvian Armed Forces commandos, during which one hostage, two commandos, and all the MRTA militants died. 5 "The North Hollywood Shootout" North Hollywood shootout On February 28, 1997, two heavily armed bank robbers, Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. and Emil Dechebal Matasareanu, engaged over 300 LAPD officers in a shootout in North Hollywood, Los Angeles. Both robbers were killed, eleven police officers and seven civilians were injured, and numerous vehicles and other property were damaged or destroyed by the nearly 2,000 rounds of ammunition fired by the robbers and the police. 6 "Shoot-Out in Marseilles" Air France Flight 8969 On December 26, 1994, members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) hijacked Air France Flight 8969 in an attempt to destroy the Eiffel Tower. When the aircraft reached Marseille, the GIGN, an intervention group of the French Gendarmerie, stormed the plane and killed all four hijackers. 3 passengers were killed and 25 others were wounded.