Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
Watch newsflash: stories that stopped the world soap2day. 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).
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Kerry Allison
- Cast: Julie Etchingham, Nigel Dacre, Martyn Lewis, John Suchet, Alastair Stewart, Jennie Bond, Dan Rather, Sanford Socolow, Michael Jermey, Norman Rees, Richard Baker, Lis Howell, Ian Fisher, Stewart Purvis, Nick Owen, David Goldsmith, Lesley Boden, Sim Harris, Mary Nightingale, Nick Rabin, Tony Blair,
