Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World (2013)
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).
Director: Kerry Allison
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Julie Etchingham as Narrator |
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Nigel Dacre as Self |
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Martyn Lewis as Self |
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John Suchet as Self |
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Alastair Stewart as Self |
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Jennie Bond as Self |
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Dan Rather as Self |
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Sanford Socolow as Self |
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Michael Jermey as Self |
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Norman Rees as Self |
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Richard Baker as Self |
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Lis Howell as Self |
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Ian Fisher as Self |
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Stewart Purvis as Self |
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Nick Owen as Self |
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David Goldsmith as Self |
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Lesley Boden as Self |
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Sim Harris as Self |
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Mary Nightingale as Self |
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Nick Rabin as Self |
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Tony Blair as Self |
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Kay Burley as Self |
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Walter Cronkite as Self |
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Sandy Gall as Self |
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John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage) |
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Dermot Murnaghan as Self |
| Production | Mark Robinson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Adam Levy | Producer |
| Production | Kerry Allison | Producer |
| Production | Aisha Ali-Sutcliffe | Producer's Assistant |
| Directing | Kerry Allison | Director |
