Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
2013, English. Directed by Kerry Allison.
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).
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- 0h 47m
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- English
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- 6 November 2013
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- United Kingdom
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Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 November 2013. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World?
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World (2013) was directed by Kerry Allison and stars Julie Etchingham, Nigel Dacre, Martyn Lewis.