Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
- Documentary
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).
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 6, 2013
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Shiver
- Cast
- Julie Etchingham,Richard Baker,Walter Cronkite,Michael Jermey,Nigel Dacre,Lis Howell,John Suchet,Nick Owen,David Goldsmith,Stewart Purvisand 16 more
- Director
- Kerry Allison
- Producer
- Kerry Allison,Adam Levy,Mark Robinson
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt3319184