The shocking and almost unbelievable story of Apollo 13, told through interviews and original footage.

I thought this was quite a compelling and original documentary. The story, as we all know is an incredible one, and credit to the production team, they've chosen to do it a little differently, through original footage and photos.

You don't get any cutaway interviews or expert opinions, it's all blended in to the remarkable, glossy footage, some of the shots are incredible.

The story never fails to amaze me, equally as much as The Challenger story, but in a very different way. It mixes in what was happening in America at the time, again through stock footage, it helps give you a sense of why this story was so important.

It makes you feel the stress, anxiety and genuine fear felt by all those involved, you certainly could rely on the journalists to add a dramatic slant on the situation, and they did, talk of Apollo limping around the moon must have sent fear into the whole public.

It made me want to watch the film.

8/10.

I remember when I was 10 years old and Apollo 13 took off thinking they were going to the moon. Just another routine mission. They were wrong. The famous line " Houston we have a problem". They went through hell. Once you leave the gravitational pull of Earth you are on your own. They were able to get back home safely with the help of Mission Control. Apollo 13 mission was ruled a successful failure meaning they didn't land on the moon. I have watched the movie with Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon a million times. This documentary shows the real astronauts that were aboard the spaceship. This is a documentary worth watching.

This is a tense, edge-of-your-seat, nail-biting documentary film, retelling the iconic space story that had the world collectively holding their breath.

This story is of Apollo 13 in April 1970 as NASA came face to face with its greatest challenge to date. Three astronauts James A. Lovell, John "Jack" Swigert and Fred W. Haise are halfway to the moon, as a catastrophic explosion threw the total mission into jeopardy. Needed resources including fuel to get back home presents a major problem. Full NASA crew at Houston needs to work with the three astronauts on a course to get back to earth. Lovell and crew have to think if they'll ever be able to make that splashdown in the Pacific.

Director Peter Middleton and editors excellently blends archival footage, blending family back stories, interviews and in-the-moment actual footage from the Apollo capsule. You get sucked in and allowed by the end a monumental sigh of relief.

Featured via archive footage: Jim Lovell, Marilyn Lovell, Walter Cronkite, Jules Bergman, Neil Armstrong, Ken Mattingly, Fred Haise, Lydon B. Johnson, James Burke, Gene Kranz, Jack Swigert, Glynn Lunney and Thomas Paine.