Days That Shook the World

  • : 2003
  • : 31
  • : 3
  • BBC Four
  • Documentary History

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3x1
The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean/The Execution of the Rosenbergs
Episode overview
17, 2005
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 the .. show full overview
3x2
Rule of the Gun: The O.K. Corral/Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
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27, 2005
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 .. show full overview
3x3
Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds/Hitler Diaries
Episode overview
03, 2005
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's .. show full overview
3x4
The War to End All Wars: The End of World War I
Episode overview
10, 2005
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 negotiations take place in a race to end the war.
3x5
Let Freedom Rise: The Boston Tea Party/The Independence of India
Episode overview
17, 2005
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 .. show full overview
3x6
Battle For The Holy City: The Six-Day War
Episode overview
24, 2005
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 euphoria of victory soon turns to anguish.
3x7
The Battle of Midway
Episode overview
01, 2005
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 course of World War II is about to be transformed.
3x8
The Road To Revolution: The Execution of Ceauşescu/The Iranian Revolution
Episode overview
08, 2005
The impact of the executions of Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania and the Shah of Iran.