Victims of HATE

Twenty years on, a new US drama revisits the deadly anthrax attacks that shook America

- SEAN MARLAND, RICHARD MCCLURE, ELAINE REILLY.

NEW DRAMA

The Hot Zone: Anthrax Wed, National Geographic HD, 9pm & 10pm

The first season of The Hot Zone featured an outbreak of Ebola in Washington DC. Now, the anthology series is back with another harrowing true story based on the anthrax attacks that were unleashed on the US in 2001.

The six-parter stars Scandal’s Tony Goldwyn as real-life microbiologist Bruce Ivins, who assisted the FBI investigation after letters laced with the deadly spores were sent to newspapers and politicians, killing five people.