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Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World

Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World

2013

N/R

Categories:

  • 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).

Kerry Allison

Producer, Director

Adam Levy

Producer

Cast:

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  • Julie Etchingham

    Julie Etchingham

    Narrator
  • Nigel Dacre

    Nigel Dacre

    Self
  • Martyn Lewis

    Martyn Lewis

    Self
  • John Suchet

    John Suchet

    Self
  • Alastair Stewart

    Alastair Stewart

    Self
  • Jennie Bond

    Jennie Bond

    Self