Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World (2013)

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Released:
2013-11-06

Overview:
This Shiver (ITV Studios) documentary reveals what happened behind-the-scenes on some of the most momentous breaking news events in our lifetime - as told by those caught up in the real-life drama, those in the newsrooms and those responsible for delivering these newsflashes into millions of people's homes. News stories covered include the death of Diana, Princess of Wales (1997); the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas (1963); the coal-tip landslide in Aberfan (1966); the Lockerbie Air Disaster (1988); the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York (2001); the start of Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War (1991); the dramatic end of the Iranian Embassy siege in London (1980); and the announcement of the death of the Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (2002).

Director:
Kerry Allison

Runtime:
0h 47min

Genre:
Documentary

  • Cast:
  • Julie Etchingham
    as
    Narrator
  • Nigel Dacre
    as
    Self
  • Martyn Lewis
    as
    Self
  • John Suchet
    as
    Self
  • Alastair Stewart
    as
    Self