The TV drama referenced a number of real world events , and incorporated these events into the story of the conspiracy . In the second series , the show used various news footage from the 1970s including the assassinations of Aldo Moro , Carmine Pecorelli , Richard Sykes , and Airey Neave . The TWA Flight 841 disaster is also referenced in this episode . In particular , several events from a 10-day period in 1979 , including the Three Mile Island accident and the collapse of the Labour government , had been combined as a jumping off point for the second series
TWA Flight 841
TWA Flight 841 (1974)
Utopia (British TV series)