Days That Shook the World (Days That Shook the World)
Release Date:
2003-11-01
Runtime:
60 min
Status:
Ended
Genres:
Documentary
Production:
Overview
Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003. The programme features various milestones throughout history. It has been broadcast on the BBC, Discovery Channel UK, The History Channel and Viasat History.
The series was also released on DVD by the Polish edition of Newsweek in 2007.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 (12 Episodes) ▼
E1: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II & The Death of Diana▶ PLAY
E2: The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand / The Death of Hitler▶ PLAY
E3: The Assassination of Martin Luther King / The Release of Nelson Mandela▶ PLAY
E4: Hiroshima▶ PLAY
E5: The Murder of the Romanovs / The Fall of the Berlin Wall▶ PLAY
E6: Kristallnacht / The Birth of Israel▶ PLAY
E7: Tutankhamun's Tomb / Deciphering the Rosetta Stone▶ PLAY
E8: Black September Hijackings / Lockerbie▶ PLAY
E9: First Nuclear Reaction / Chernobyl▶ PLAY
E10: The Assassination of JFK / The Resignation of Nixon▶ PLAY
E11: Marconi's First Transatlantic Radio Transmission / Concorde's First Transatlantic Flight▶ PLAY
E12: Faster than Sound: Chuck Yeager / Donald Campbell▶ PLAY
Season 2 (10 Episodes) ▼
E1: Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg / Challenger Disaster▶ PLAY
E2: The Christmas Truce▶ PLAY
E3: Attack on Pearl Harbor▶ PLAY
E4: Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels / The Great Train Robbery▶ PLAY
E5: Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal / Wolf's Lair▶ PLAY
E6: Reach For The Stars: Trials of Galileo / Yuri Gagarin's Flight▶ PLAY
E7: Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur/Piltdown Man▶ PLAY
E8: Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln/Oklahoma City Bombing▶ PLAY
E9: Cold War Spies: Gary Powers/Rudolf Abel▶ PLAY
E10: Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn/The Abdication of Edward VIII▶ PLAY
Season 3 (10 Episodes) ▼
E1: The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean/The Execution of the Rosenbergs▶ PLAY
E2: Rule of the Gun: The O.K. Corral/Saint Valentine's Day Massacre▶ PLAY
E3: Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds/Hitler Diaries▶ PLAY
E4: The War to End All Wars: The End of World War I▶ PLAY
E5: Let Freedom Rise: The Boston Tea Party/The Independence of India▶ PLAY
E6: Battle For The Holy City: The Six-Day War▶ PLAY
E7: The Battle of Midway▶ PLAY
E8: The Road To Revolution: The Execution of Ceauşescu/The Iranian Revolution▶ PLAY
