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).
- 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
