American Experience · SEASON 34

Taken Hostage (1)

Episode 5 · 2022-11-14

★ 2.4
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Season 34Episode 5★ 2.4/10
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Episode overview

Part 1: Revisit the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran, through stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.

112 minutes

Season 34 episodes

1. Riveted: The History of Jeans2022-02-07 2. The American Diplomat2022-02-15 3. Flood in the Desert2022-05-03 4. Plague at the Golden Gate2022-05-24 5. Taken Hostage (1)2022-11-14 6. Taken Hostage (2)2022-11-15