The film was broadcast on BBC One on 7 May 2006 and drew 6.4 million viewers ( 27 % audience share ) The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa is the second greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history ( after the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora , only 68 years earlier ) , erupting more than 18 cubic kilometres of tephra in less than 48 hours , and killing about 36,500 people . The film refers to an account in the Pustaka Raja of a previous violent eruption in that area
1883 eruption of Krakatoa
1883 eruption of Krakatoa
Krakatoa: The Last Days