Days That Shook the World

Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg / Challenger Disaster

6 May 1937 And 27 January 1986. Two traumatic air disasters highlighting the human cost of aviation: the transatlantic c

The Christmas Truce

25 December 1914 The first Christmas of World War 1 bore witness to an incredible phenomenon. A spontaneous truce broke

Attack on Pearl Harbor

7 December 1941 The devastating pre-emptive strike on the American fleet in Hawaii that caught the USA sleeping was a s

Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels / The Great Train Robbery

9 May and 28 August 1963. The intriguing stories behind two of Britain's most audacious robberies centres on the parts

Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal / Wolf's Lair

22 August 1962 and 20 July 1944. Two assassination attempts that, if successful, might have changed the course of histor

Reach For The Stars: Trials of Galileo / Yuri Gagarin's Flight

12 April 1633 and 12 April 1961. Two days on which science challenged the conventional view of our place in the universe

Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur/Piltdown Man

September 1824 and 20 November 1953 Two archaeological 'discoveries' which profoundly altered our understanding of the

Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln/Oklahoma City Bombing

14 April 1865 and 19 April 1995 Eye-witness accounts, key figures and court transcripts are used to retell tow terroris

Cold War Spies: Gary Powers/Rudolf Abel

1 May 1960 and 18 February 1962 These two stories from the height of the Cold War illustrate the mistrust and suspicion

Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn/The Abdication of Edward VIII

19 May 1536 and 10 December 1936 The Story of two English kings whose private affairs become national events - how the

The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean/The Execution of the Rosenbergs

19 June 1953 and 25 May 1951 The differing fates of the most famous Soviet spies are explored as, in the USA, the Rosen

Rule of the Gun: The O.K. Corral/Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

26 October 1881 and 14 February 1929 From the wild west and the mob-run city come two stories that have entered America

Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds/Hitler Diaries

30 October 1938 and 24 April 1983 Over a million radio listeners panic thinking the nation was being attacked by Martia

The War to End All Wars: The End of World War I

11 November 1918 This dramatic story of the final days of World War 1 finds soldiers still fighting and Germany turning

Let Freedom Rise: The Boston Tea Party/The Independence of India

6 December 1773 and 14 August 1947 The catalyst and repercussions of freedom from colonial rule are explored in the Ame

Battle For The Holy City: The Six-Day War

7 June 1967 By the third day of a six day war, Israeli forces have destroyed egypt's armies in the Sinai, captured the

The Battle of Midway

4 June 1942 At a tiny atoll in the Pacific Ocean, the massed forces of the US and Japanese fleets meet for a decisive s

The Road To Revolution: The Execution of Ceauşescu/The Iranian Revolution

Episode 9

The Overthrow of Ceaucescu