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Days That Shocked the World

2026
1 season
8 episodes
Documentary

Days that Shocked the World explores the most iconic disasters of the last 50 years, combining eye-witness testimony with powerful archive footage, to learn how each tragedy changed both the lives of individuals and the world. The anthology series features one- and two-part episodes that coincide with key anniversaries of these defining global events: including the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion in 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of the same year, the 2000 Air France Concorde crash, the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami.

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  • Space Shuttle Challenger

    1.Space Shuttle Challenger

    03-01-202647m

    The truth behind the NASA rocket disaster of 1986 that killed seven US astronauts. Why did the launch go ahead after NASA engineers called for it to be cancelled?

  • Fukushima earthquake and tsunami (Pt.1)

    2.Fukushima earthquake and tsunami (Pt.1)

    17-02-202647m

    In March 2011, Japan was hit by a devastating tsunami killing 20,000 and triggering a nuclear meltdown. Survivors and witnesses tell their extraordinary stories.

  • Fukushima earthquake and tsunami (Pt.2)

    3.Fukushima earthquake and tsunami (Pt.2)

    18-02-202647m

    The tsunami provokes a major meltdown at the local nuclear facility. What happened to the safeguards? What went wrong at Fukushima?

  • Ep 6

    6.Air France Concorde crash

    TBA
  • Ep 7

    7.9/11 terrorist attacks (Pt.1)

    TBA
  • Ep 8

    8.9/11 terrorist attacks (Pt.2)

    TBA
  • Chernobyl nuclear disaster (Pt.1)

    4.Chernobyl nuclear disaster (Pt.1)

    20-04-202647m

    In April 1986, a huge explosion at Chernobyl blasted radioactive dust into the atmosphere

  • Chernobyl nuclear disaster (Pt.2)

    5.Chernobyl nuclear disaster (Pt.2)

    20-04-202647m

    Chernobyl left wreckage that will be radioactive for 20,000 years. But what caused it?

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