S02E01: Challenger Disaster | Days That Shook the World

Duration: 29'40''

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Documentaries examining famous air disasters, including the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster in 1986.

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S02E01: Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg | Days That Shook the World

S02E01: Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 28'50''

Documentaries examining famous air disasters, including the Hindenburg crash in 1937.

S02E02: The Christmas Truce | Days That Shook the World

S02E02: The Christmas Truce | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 59'29''

An account of Christmas Day in 1914, when German and British soldiers initiated a spontaneous truce across the frontl...

S02E03: Attack on Pearl Harbor | Days That Shook the World

S02E03: Attack on Pearl Harbor | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 59'03''

The 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, which changed world history.

S02E04: Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels | Days That Shook the World

S02E04: Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'30''

The theft of the Crown Jewels on May 9, 1671.

S02E04: The Great Train Robbery | Days That Shook the World

S02E04: The Great Train Robbery | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'23''

The Great Train Robbery on August 8, 1963.

S02E05: Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal | Days That Shook the World

S02E05: Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 31'04''

Assassination attempts by secret organizations, with Charles de Gaulle as the intended vic...

S02E05: Wolf's Lair | Days That Shook the World

S02E05: Wolf's Lair | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 28'08''

Assassination attempts by secret organizations, with Adolf Hitler as the intended victim.

S02E06: Reach for the Stars: Trials of Galileo | Days That Shook the World

S02E06: Reach for the Stars: Trials of Galileo | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'05''

Galileo's ideas challenging views of the world.

S02E06: Yuri Gagarin's Flight | Days That Shook the World

S02E06: Yuri Gagarin's Flight | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 30'08''

Yuri Gagarin's journey as the first man in space.

S02E07: Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur | Days That Shook the World

S02E07: Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 30'08''

Using dramatized reconstructions, this program recalls the first discovery of a di...

S02E07: Piltdown Man | Days That Shook the World

S02E07: Piltdown Man | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'10''

Using dramatized reconstructions, this program recalls the 'Piltdown Man' hoax in 1953.

S02E08: Oklahoma City bombing | Days That Shook the World

S02E08: Oklahoma City bombing | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'45''

How the commercial airplane has been used as a terrorist weapon: the Lockerbie disaster in 1988.

S02E08: Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | Days That Shook the World

S02E08: Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'31''

How the commercial airplane has been used as a terrorist weapon: the Black September hijackin...

S02E09: Cold War Spies: 1960 U-2 incident | Days That Shook the World

S02E09: Cold War Spies: 1960 U-2 incident | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 30'13''

This program focuses on the shooting down of the US U-2 spy plane in 1960.

S02E09: Spy swap of Abel, Pryor and Powers | Days That Shook the World

S02E09: Spy swap of Abel, Pryor and Powers | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 28'54''

This program focuses on the exchange of pilot Gary Powers and Soviet spy Colonel Abel in 1962.

S02E10: Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn | Days That Shook the World

S02E10: Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 30'23''

A British royal scandal: the trial and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn.

S02E10: The Abdication of Edward VIII | Days That Shook the World

S02E10: The Abdication of Edward VIII | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 28'37''

A British royal scandal: the abdication of Edward VIII.

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S01E10: The Assassination of JFK | Days That Shook the World

S01E10: The Assassination of JFK | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2003 | 29'42''

The stories of a day that rocked the American presidency: the assassination of its youngest leader, John F. Kenn...

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BBC Two | 2024 | 2'00'23''

After black 14-year-old Emmett Till is lynched in Mississippi for offending a white woman, his grieving mother goes public in her fight for justice. Activist org...

S01E03: The Assassination of MLK | Days That Shook the World

S01E03: The Assassination of MLK | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2003 | 28'53''

This program follows the day Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968.

03: Globalisation | World 2000

03: Globalisation | World 2000

BBC Two | 2000 | 29'17''

What is globalisation and how does it affect us?

George Floyd: A Killing That Shook the World | Panorama

George Floyd: A Killing That Shook the World | Panorama

BBC One | 2020 | 28'51''

Thousands of people have joined marches against racism after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Clive Myrie ...

KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy

KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy

BBC Three | 2015 | 57'30''

Documentary investigating the Ku Klux Klan. Film-maker Dan Murdoch witnesses first-hand their secretive rituals and hears why their member...

Black Peoples of the Americas: 05: Civil Rights in the US | History File

Black Peoples of the Americas: 05: Civil Rights in the US | History File

BBC Two | 1997 | 19'07''

Drama documentary covering the history of civil rights in the USA in the 50's and 60's. Today's stor...

Surviving 9/11

Surviving 9/11

BBC Two | 2021 | 1'29'48''

A deeply personal film that moves between accounts of the two-hour period when terrorists attacked the Twin Towers and the Pentagon and hijacked Flight 93 and...

S01E00: Apollo 11 Moon Landing | Days That Shook the World

S01E00: Apollo 11 Moon Landing | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2003 | 29'45''

20/07/1969 - The day Apollo 11 landed on the Moon.

02: The Road to Repeal | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

02: The Road to Repeal | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

BBC Two | 1997 | 50'11''

It took the rise of Al Capone and a crime wave that swept the nation to convince America that prohibition...

The Black American Fight for Freedom

The Black American Fight for Freedom

BBC Two | 2021 | 58'47''

Fifty years on from the promise of equality and the Civil Rights Act, this documentary reveals the moments where America had the chance ...

Stories of immigration to America | American Voices: A History of America 1917-1941

Stories of immigration to America | American Voices: A History of America 1917-1941

BBC Two | 2008 | 5'28''

The experiences of people who immigrated to America in the early 20th century.

The Cold War | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

The Cold War | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 6'44''

Lucy explains the post-war tensions between the US and Russia and the reasons why atomic bomb testing became...

03: Martin Luther King | Secrets of Leadership

03: Martin Luther King | Secrets of Leadership

BBC Two | 2003 | 47'39''

Martin Luther King is seen as an inspiration for peaceful protest campaigns. Andrew Roberts challenges this perception in a pr...

9/11 Ten Years On | The Conspiracy Files

9/11 Ten Years On | The Conspiracy Files

BBC Two | 2011 | 59'00''

A decade after the attacks on New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, the Conspiracy Files looks at why some people still question wh...

Black Peoples of the Americas: 04: After Emancipation | History File

Black Peoples of the Americas: 04: After Emancipation | History File

BBC Two | 1997 | 19'02''

Schools programme which looks at how people moved from slavery to freedom. How did former slaves acquire...

09: Crime and Prohibition | Time to Remember

09: Crime and Prohibition | Time to Remember

BBC Four | 2010 | 29'02''

Material from the 50s newsreel documentary series Time to Remember tells the story of the media circus that surrounded gangsters...

03: Supremacy | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

03: Supremacy | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 59'05''

Lucy Worsley reveals the myths and deceptions in the story of America following the United States' emergenc...

04: Trade, Debt and Aid | World 2000

04: Trade, Debt and Aid | World 2000

BBC Two | 2000 | 29'14''

Global creation and distribution of wealth, effect of fair trade and international debt.

1929: The Great Crash

1929: The Great Crash

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'41''

Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, shares crashed by a third on the New York Stock Exchange. More than $25 billion in individual weal...