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

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S02E01: Challenger Disaster | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'40''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'05''

Galileo's ideas challenging views of 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

BBC Two | 2004 | 30'08''

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

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

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

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

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

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

BBC Two | 2004 | 28'37''

A British royal scandal: the abdication of Edward VIII.

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S02E07: Piltdown Man | Days That Shook the World

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