Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World

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).

Cast

Julie Etchingham Narrator

Nigel Dacre Self

Martyn Lewis Self

John Suchet Self

Alastair Stewart Self

Jennie Bond Self Dan Rather Self

Sanford Socolow Self

Michael Jermey Self

Norman Rees Self

Richard Baker Self

Lis Howell Self

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