8.2/1011 votes#1 - The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean/The Execution of the Rosenbergs
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/20/2005
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.
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8.8/1013 votes#2 - Rule of the Gun: The O.K. Corral/Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 4/22/2006
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.
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7.0/1013 votes#3 - Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds/Hitler Diaries
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/2005
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?
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7.0/1010 votes#4 - The War to End All Wars: The End of World War I
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/10/2005
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.
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8.5/107 votes#5 - Let Freedom Rise: The Boston Tea Party/The Independence of India
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/17/2005
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.
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7.1/108 votes#6 - Battle For The Holy City: The Six-Day War
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/24/2005
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.
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9.0/1015 votes#7 - The Battle of Midway
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/1/2005
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.
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7.2/1010 votes#8 - The Road To Revolution: The Execution of Ceauşescu/The Iranian Revolution
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/22/2005
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NaN/100 votes#9 - Episode 9
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/15/2005
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- 8.3/107 votes
#10 - The Overthrow of Ceaucescu
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/22/2005
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The Best Episodes of Days That Shook the World Season 3
Every episode of Days That Shook the World Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Days That Shook the World Season 3!
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...
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Four
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean/The Execution of the Rosenbergs" is the best rated episode of "Days That Shook the World" season 3. It scored 8.2/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/20/2005. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Rule of the Gun: The O.K. Corral/Saint Valentine's Day Massacre".