"Days That Shocked the World" is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003 and ran for three series. Each 60-minute episode explores one or two major events in history through a combination of...
"Days That Shocked the World" is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003 and ran for three series. Each 60-minute episode explores one or two major events in history through a combination of dramatization, archival footage and eyewitness accounts.
1. Wright Brothers First Flight/Apollo Moon Landing
Aired: Nov 1, 2003Profiles of two ground breaking days in aviation. The first powered, manned f...
2. The Coronation/The Death of Diana
Aired: Nov 30, -1The coronation of the young Queen Elizabeth on June 2nd 1953, the first coron...
3. The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand/The Death of Hitler
Aired: Nov 30, -1WWI broke out as the result of the Assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hu...
4. The Assassination of Rev Martin Luther King/The Release of Nelson Mandela
Aired: Nov 30, -14 April 1968 and February 1990 How tow men - both intellectuals and determine...
Aired: Nov 30, -1 At exactly 5.32am on August 6th 1945, a B29 Bomber, The Enola Gay, took off f...
6. The Romanovs/The Berlin Wall
Aired: Nov 30, -1The era Communism is bookended by the Russian revolution and the murder of th...
7. Kristallnacht/The Birth of Israel
Aired: Nov 30, -19 November 1938 and 14 May 1948 Just ten years after the Nazis openly attacke...
8. Tutankhamun's Tomb/Deciphering the Rosetta Stone
Aired: Nov 30, -126 November 1922 and 17 September 1822 Two days that brought ancient Egypt dr...
9. First Nuclear Reaction/Chernobyl
Aired: Nov 5, 20042 December 1942 and 26 April 1986 The first controlled nuclear chain reaction...
10. Black September Hijackings/Lockerbie
Aired: Oct 30, 2003In September 1970 Terrorists hijacked a number of jetliners, flew them to Jor...
11. The Assassination of JFK/The Resignation of Nixon
Aired: Jan 22, 2004No one could have dreamed or anticipated the seismic shocks America suffered ...
12. Marconi's First Transatlantic Radio Transmission/Concorde's First Transatlantic Flight
Aired: Jan 7, 2004It is 19th October 1977 and Concorde taxis onto the runway at Toulouse Airpor...
Main Cast
Appearances
Current Status: Ended
Network: BBC Four
Genres: Documentary, History
