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Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003. The programme features various milestones throughout history. It has been broadcast on the BBC, Discovery

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    Days That Shook the World Season 2 Episode 3 - Attack on Pearl Harbor
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Attack on Pearl Harbor

    S2:E3

    7 December 1941 The devastating pre-emptive strike on the American fleet in Hawaii that caught the USA sleeping was a strategic triumph for the Japanese. With eye-witness accounts and reconstructions, we relive the events that propelled America into the second World War.

    Director:Dan Clifton
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Days That Shook the World Season 1 Episode 1 - The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II & The Death of Diana
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    #2 - The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II & The Death of Diana

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    Director:Tanya Cheadle
    Writer:Tanya Cheadle

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  3. Days That Shook the World Season 2 Episode 1 - Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg / Challenger Disaster
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    #3 - Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg / Challenger Disaster

    S2:E1

    6 May 1937 And 27 January 1986. Two traumatic air disasters highlighting the human cost of aviation: the transatlantic crossing of the luxurious airship Hindenburg ends in disaster while tragic events accompany the launch of the Challenger space shuttle.

    Director:Angus Cameron
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Days That Shook the World Season 2 Episode 2 - The Christmas Truce
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    #4 - The Christmas Truce

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    25 December 1914 The first Christmas of World War 1 bore witness to an incredible phenomenon. A spontaneous truce broke out in the murderous trenches, led by the gun-fodder troops of each side and reluctantly followed by, for once, important officers and generals.

    Director:Nic Young
    Writer:Nic Young

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  5. Days That Shook the World Season 2 Episode 4 - Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels / The Great Train Robbery
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    #5 - Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels / The Great Train Robbery

    S2:E4

    9 May and 28 August 1963. The intriguing stories behind two of Britain's most audacious robberies centres on the parts played by the central characters mastermind criminals, victims, a getaway driver and the King himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Days That Shook the World Season 2 Episode 5 - Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal / Wolf's Lair
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    #6 - Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal / Wolf's Lair

    S2:E5

    22 August 1962 and 20 July 1944. Two assassination attempts that, if successful, might have changed the course of history: the Algerian Secret Army's attempt to shoot President de Gaulle of France and Colonel von Stauffenberg's planting of a bomb under Hitler's desk.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Days That Shook the World Season 2 Episode 6 - Reach For The Stars: Trials of Galileo / Yuri Gagarin's Flight
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    #7 - Reach For The Stars: Trials of Galileo / Yuri Gagarin's Flight

    S2:E6

    12 April 1633 and 12 April 1961. Two days on which science challenged the conventional view of our place in the universe: April 12, 1633 when Galileo stands trial for heresy for claiming the sun and not the Earth is the centre of the known universe, and exactly 328 years to the day later (1961) when Soviet cosmonaut Major Yuri Gagarin steps from the Earth into space.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Days That Shook the World Season 2 Episode 7 - Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur/Piltdown Man
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    #8 - Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur/Piltdown Man

    S2:E7

    September 1824 and 20 November 1953 Two archaeological 'discoveries' which profoundly altered our understanding of the natural world: the first unearthing of the bones of an ancient giant reptile, and the astonishing discovery of the 'missing link' between ape and man - soon to be revealed as an elaborate hoax.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Days That Shook the World Season 2 Episode 8 - Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln/Oklahoma City Bombing
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    #9 - Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln/Oklahoma City Bombing

    S2:E8

    14 April 1865 and 19 April 1995 Eye-witness accounts, key figures and court transcripts are used to retell tow terrorist acts which shook America. The killing of the President and the bombing of a federal office over a century apart were both committed by Americans seemingly at war with their own country.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Days That Shook the World Season 2 Episode 9 - Cold War Spies: Gary Powers/Rudolf Abel
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    #10 - Cold War Spies: Gary Powers/Rudolf Abel

    S2:E9

    1 May 1960 and 18 February 1962 These two stories from the height of the Cold War illustrate the mistrust and suspicion of an era. A spy plane shot down from the skies over Russia and the eventual dramatic exchange of the pilot for a Russian spy across a bridge in Berlin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Days That Shook the World Season 2 Episode 10 - Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn/The Abdication of Edward VIII
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    #11 - Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn/The Abdication of Edward VIII

    S2:E10

    19 May 1536 and 10 December 1936 The Story of two English kings whose private affairs become national events - how the Queen of England gambled everything only to end her life on the scaffold and how the King put his love for a divorcee before his duty to the nation.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Days That Shook the World Season 3 Episode 1 - The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean/The Execution of the Rosenbergs
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    #12 - The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean/The Execution of the Rosenbergs

    S3:E1

    19 June 1953 and 25 May 1951 The differing fates of the most famous Soviet spies are explored as, in the USA, the Rosenbergs face the electric chair for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets and, after a dramatic flight, the British spies Burgess and Maclean find safety in the hands of the KGB.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Days That Shook the World Season 3 Episode 2 - Rule of the Gun: The O.K. Corral/Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
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    #13 - Rule of the Gun: The O.K. Corral/Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

    S3:E2

    26 October 1881 and 14 February 1929 From the wild west and the mob-run city come two stories that have entered American mythology: the gunfight in the obscure mining town of Tomestone and Al Copone's frenzied attack on George 'Busgsy' Malone in Chicago.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Days That Shook the World Season 3 Episode 3 - Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds/Hitler Diaries
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    #14 - Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds/Hitler Diaries

    S3:E3

    30 October 1938 and 24 April 1983 Over a million radio listeners panic thinking the nation was being attacked by Martians in Orsen Welles 'War of the Worlds' and one of the world's most venerable newspapers falls for fake diaries of Adolf Hitler. Clever fakers or just a gullible public?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Days That Shook the World Season 3 Episode 4 - The War to End All Wars: The End of World War I
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    #15 - The War to End All Wars: The End of World War I

    S3:E4

    11 November 1918 This dramatic story of the final days of World War 1 finds soldiers still fighting and Germany turning to anarchy. Meanwhile, in a wood in France, hostile negotiations take place in a race to end the war.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Days That Shook the World Season 3 Episode 5 - Let Freedom Rise: The Boston Tea Party/The Independence of India
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    #16 - Let Freedom Rise: The Boston Tea Party/The Independence of India

    S3:E5

    6 December 1773 and 14 August 1947 The catalyst and repercussions of freedom from colonial rule are explored in the American 'patriots' raid on a British ship and the web of devastation and destruction the soured India's independence celebrations.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Days That Shook the World Season 3 Episode 6 - Battle For The Holy City: The Six-Day War
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    #17 - Battle For The Holy City: The Six-Day War

    S3:E6

    7 June 1967 By the third day of a six day war, Israeli forces have destroyed egypt's armies in the Sinai, captured the West Bank and seized the Old City of Jurusalem. But the euphoria of victory soon turns to anguish.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Days That Shook the World Season 3 Episode 7 - The Battle of Midway
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    #18 - The Battle of Midway

    S3:E7

    4 June 1942 At a tiny atoll in the Pacific Ocean, the massed forces of the US and Japanese fleets meet for a decisive showdown. In the space pf just four minutes, the entire course of World War II is about to be transformed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Days That Shook the World Season 3 Episode 8 - The Road To Revolution: The Execution of Ceauşescu/The Iranian Revolution
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    #19 - The Road To Revolution: The Execution of Ceauşescu/The Iranian Revolution

    S3:E8

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Days That Shook the World Season 3 Episode 9 - Episode 9
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    #20 - Episode 9

    S3:E9

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    Director:Unknown
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  21. Days That Shook the World Season 3 Episode 10 - The Overthrow of Ceaucescu
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    #21 - The Overthrow of Ceaucescu

    S3:E10

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    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Attack on Pearl Harbor" is the best rated episode of "Days That Shook the World". It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Dan Clifton and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/18/2004. This episode scored 8.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II & The Death of Diana".