A gripping anatomy of some of the most important days in history, hour by hour as they unfolded. Recreated by using first-hand accounts, forensic detail, and personal records, the programmes included the moon landings, the assassination of the Romanovs, Hiroshima, the freeing of Nelson Mandela, the assassination of JFK and Chernobyl. Days That Shook The World is a British documentary television series that first aired on September 17, 2003, is currently in its third season, and airs on BBC, The…
A gripping anatomy of some of the most important days in history, hour by hour as they unfolded. Recreated by using first-hand accounts, forensic detail, and personal records, the programmes included the moon landings, the assassination of the Romanovs, Hiroshima, the freeing of Nelson Mandela, the assassination of JFK and Chernobyl. Days That Shook The World is a British documentary television series that first aired on September 17, 2003, is currently in its third season, and airs on BBC, The…
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Seasons (3)
Season 1
10 Sep 2003 – 3 Dec 2003 · 12 episodes
1The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II / The Death of Diana10 Sep 2003
2The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand / The Death of Hitler17 Sep 2003
3The Assassination of Martin Luther King / The Release of Nelson Mandela24 Sep 2003
4Hiroshima1 Oct 2003
5The Murder of the Romanovs / The Fall of the Berlin Wall8 Oct 2003
6Kristallnacht / The Birth of Israel15 Oct 2003
7Tutankhamun's Tomb / Deciphering the Rosetta Stone22 Oct 2003
8Fermi / Chernobyl5 Nov 2003
9Black September Hijackings / Lockerbie12 Nov 2003
10The Assassination of JFK / Nixon's Last Day19 Nov 2003
11Marconi's First Transatlantic Radio Transmission / Concorde's First Transatlantic Flight26 Nov 2003
12Chuck Yeager / Bluebird3 Dec 2003
Season 2
27 Sep 2004 – 13 Dec 2004 · 10 episodes
1Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg / Challenger Disaster27 Sep 2004
2The Christmas Truce4 Oct 2004
3Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn / The Abdication of Edward VIII11 Oct 2004
4Attack on Pearl Harbor18 Oct 2004
5Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels / The Great Train Robbery24 Oct 2004
6Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal / Wolf's Lair8 Nov 2004
7Reach for the Stars: Trials of Galileo / Yuri Gagarin's Flight15 Nov 2004
8Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur / Piltdown Man22 Nov 2004
9Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln / Oklahoma City Bombing6 Dec 2004
10Cold War Spies: Gary Powers / Rudolf Abel13 Dec 2004
Season 3
17 Oct 2005 – 8 Dec 2005 · 8 episodes
1The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean / The Execution of the Rosenbergs17 Oct 2005
2Rule of the Gun: The O.K. Corral / Saint Valentine's Day Massacre27 Oct 2005
3Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds / Hitler Diaries3 Nov 2005
4The War to End All Wars: The End of World War I10 Nov 2005
5Let Freedom Rise: The Boston Tea Party / The Independence of India17 Nov 2005
6Battle for the Holy City: The Six-Day War24 Nov 2005
7The Battle of Midway1 Dec 2005
8The Road to Revolution: The Execution of Ceauşescu / The Iranian Revolution8 Dec 2005