Krakatoa: The Last Days


Krakatoa: The Last Days
Cover art of BBC DVD.
GenreDocudrama
History
Disaster
Written byColin Heber-Percy
Michael Olmert
Lyall B. Watson
Directed bySam Miller
StarringRupert Penry-Jones
Olivia Williams
Kevin McMonagle
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersAlan Eyres
J. Gregory Smith
CinematographyGiulio Biccari
Running time90 minutes
Budget£2,200,000
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release7 May 2006 (2006-05-07)
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Krakatoa: The Last Days (also titled Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel) is a BBC Television docudrama that premiered on 7 May 2006 on BBC One. The program is based upon four eyewitness accounts of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, an active stratovolcano between the islands of Sumatra and Java, present day Indonesia.