Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
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).
Top Cast
Julie Etchingham
Narrator
Nigel Dacre
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Martyn Lewis
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John Suchet
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Alastair Stewart
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Jennie Bond
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Dan Rather
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Sanford Socolow
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Michael Jermey
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Norman Rees
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Richard Baker
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Lis Howell
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Ian Fisher
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Stewart Purvis
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Nick Owen
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David Goldsmith
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