Apocalypse Now...and Then

A look at the West's enduring obsession with the end of the world, from old testament prophesies to SARS and the Millennium Bug. Since the 1960s, scientists and preachers have combined to perpetuate the idea that Armageddon is always just around the corner. This programme reinterprets each successive doomsday panic to see its inspiration and effect on those who both predicted and believed in its inevitability.