On the BRINK

How a 1980s maritime incident nearly sparked a nuclear war

-  CAREN CLARK

Whiskey on the Rocks

Available: Wednesday 22 January

Genre: Drama

It sounds stranger than fiction, but this darkly comic political satire about a diplomatic crisis that nearly sparked World War Three is actually based on a true story. Swedish-language series Whiskey on the Rocks recounts the terrifying brinkmanship that ensued when a Soviet submarine ran aground near a Swedish military base in October 1981.