'Thirteen Days' film

Wednesday 24 Nov, 23:25 on BBC One (except Northern Ireland, Wales)

Tense political thriller set during the two-week Cuban missile crisis in October 1962, when America discovered that the Soviet Union was building secret nuclear missile bases on the island. President Kennedy was under extraordinary pressure to find a solution that would satisfy the military and the public and, most importantly, avoid a nuclear war that could lead to mutual destruction.

John F Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/kennedy_cuban_missile_01.shtml

Cuba and the Cold War [B]http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/cuba/index.shtml[/B]