Countdown to surrender

A military coup almost derailec Japan's capitulation and the end of World War Two...

- HANNAH DAVIES

24 HOURS: THE JAPANESE SURRENDER

Saturday, 8.10pm, C4 Factual

The anniversary of VJ day on 15 August marks 80 years since the official end of World War Two. But Japanese surrender wasn't a foregone conclusion.

At Tokyo's Imperial Palace, unrest, a military coup and the threat of a nuclear attack meant everything hung on a knife-edge.