Days That Shook the World (2003) is a documentary web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Days That Shook the World online in HD.
Days That Shook the World — Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Days That Shook the World — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2003-11-01 |
| Seasons | 3 |
| Episodes | 32 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | BBC Four, BBC Two |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 7/10 (9 votes) |
Days That Shook the World — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II & The Death of Diana (2003-11-01)
- E2: The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand / The Death of Hitler — 28 June 1914 and April 1945. The Story Behind two pistol shots: the single bullet, fired by a young Serb nationalist that triggered World War 1 and the self-administered shot that
- E3: The Assassination of Martin Luther King / The Release of Nelson Mandela — 4 April 1968 and February 1990. How two men – both intellectuals and determined opposers of racial oppression – came to symbolise the fight for equality as their lives for their ca
- E4: Hiroshima — This episode dramatises the minute by minute events leading up to the world's first ever atomic bombing. Based on extracts from President Truman's personal diaries which show the d
- E5: The Murder of the Romanovs / The Fall of the Berlin Wall — 17 July 1918 and 9 November 1989. The Murder of the Russian royal family marked Russia's irrevocable move from a monarchy to a Communist state. Seventy Years later, the fall of the
- E6: Kristallnacht / The Birth of Israel — 9 November 1938 and 14 May 1948. Just ten years after the Nazis openly attacked Jews and their property – a huge step on the nightmare spiral to the Holocaust, the 2000 year old dr
- E7: Tutankhamun's Tomb / Deciphering the Rosetta Stone — 26 November 1922 and 17 September 1822. Two days that brought ancient Egypt dramatically to life. In 1822, Jean-Francois champollion cracks Egyptian hieroglyphs. One hundred years
- E8: Black September Hijackings / Lockerbie
- E9: First Nuclear Reaction / Chernobyl — 2 December 1942 and 26 April 1986. The first controlled nuclear chain reaction heralded the atomic age, but Chernobyl's runaway chain reaction was the first warning. How did the mo
- E10: The Assassination of JFK / The Resignation of Nixon
- E11: Marconi's First Transatlantic Radio Transmission / Concorde's First Transatlantic Flight
- E12: Faster than Sound: Chuck Yeager / Donald Campbell
Season 2
- E1: Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg / Challenger Disaster (2004-09-27) — 6 May 1937 And 27 January 1986. Two traumatic air disasters highlighting the human cost of aviation: the transatlantic crossing of the luxurious airship Hindenburg ends in disaster
- E2: The Christmas Truce (2004-10-11) — 25 December 1914
The first Christmas of World War 1 bore witness to an incredible phenomenon. A spontaneous truce broke out in the murderous trenches, led by the gun-fodder troops
- E3: Attack on Pearl Harbor (2004-10-18) — 7 December 1941
The devastating pre-emptive strike on the American fleet in Hawaii that caught the USA sleeping was a strategic triumph for the Japanese. With eye-witness accounts
- E4: Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels / The Great Train Robbery (2004-11-01) — 9 May and 28 August 1963. The intriguing stories behind two of Britain's most audacious robberies centres on the parts played by the central characters mastermind criminals, victi
- E5: Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal / Wolf's Lair (2004-11-08) — 22 August 1962 and 20 July 1944. Two assassination attempts that, if successful, might have changed the course of history: the Algerian Secret Army's attempt to shoot President de
- E6: Reach For The Stars: Trials of Galileo / Yuri Gagarin's Flight (2004-11-15) — 12 April 1633 and 12 April 1961. Two days on which science challenged the conventional view of our place in the universe: April 12, 1633 when Galileo stands trial for heresy for cl
- E7: Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur/Piltdown Man (2004-11-22) — September 1824 and 20 November 1953
Two archaeological 'discoveries' which profoundly altered our understanding of the natural world: the first unearthing of the bones of an ancie
- E8: Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln/Oklahoma City Bombing (2004-12-06) — 14 April 1865 and 19 April 1995
Eye-witness accounts, key figures and court transcripts are used to retell tow terrorist acts which shook America. The killing of the President and
- E9: Cold War Spies: Gary Powers/Rudolf Abel (2004-07-01) — 1 May 1960 and 18 February 1962
These two stories from the height of the Cold War illustrate the mistrust and suspicion of an era. A spy plane shot down from the skies over Russia
- E10: Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn/The Abdication of Edward VIII (2004-12-20) — 19 May 1536 and 10 December 1936
The Story of two English kings whose private affairs become national events – how the Queen of England gambled everything only to end her life on
Season 3
- E1: The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean/The Execution of the Rosenbergs (2005-10-20) — 19 June 1953 and 25 May 1951
The differing fates of the most famous Soviet spies are explored as, in the USA, the Rosenbergs face the electric chair for passing atomic secrets to
- E2: Rule of the Gun: The O.K. Corral/Saint Valentine's Day Massacre (2006-04-22) — 26 October 1881 and 14 February 1929
From the wild west and the mob-run city come two stories that have entered American mythology: the gunfight in the obscure mining town of Tome
- E3: Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds/Hitler Diaries (2005-11-03) — 30 October 1938 and 24 April 1983
Over a million radio listeners panic thinking the nation was being attacked by Martians in Orsen Welles 'War of the Worlds' and one of the world'
- E4: The War to End All Wars: The End of World War I (2005-11-10) — 11 November 1918
This dramatic story of the final days of World War 1 finds soldiers still fighting and Germany turning to anarchy. Meanwhile, in a wood in France, hostile negotia
- E5: Let Freedom Rise: The Boston Tea Party/The Independence of India (2005-11-17) — 6 December 1773 and 14 August 1947
The catalyst and repercussions of freedom from colonial rule are explored in the American 'patriots' raid on a British ship and the web of devas
- E6: Battle For The Holy City: The Six-Day War (2005-11-24) — 7 June 1967
By the third day of a six day war, Israeli forces have destroyed egypt's armies in the Sinai, captured the West Bank and seized the Old City of Jurusalem. But the euph
- E7: The Battle of Midway (2005-12-01) — 4 June 1942
At a tiny atoll in the Pacific Ocean, the massed forces of the US and Japanese fleets meet for a decisive showdown. In the space pf just four minutes, the entire cours
- E8: The Road To Revolution: The Execution of Ceauşescu/The Iranian Revolution (2005-12-22)
- E9: Episode 9 (2005-12-15)
- E10: The Overthrow of Ceaucescu (2005-12-22)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Days That Shook the World have? 3 season(s) with 32 episodes.
Where can I watch Days That Shook the World? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
