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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Air Date: 2026-01-03
The truth behind the NASA rocket disaster of 1986 that killed seven US astronauts. Why did the launch go ahead after ...
Air Date: 2026-02-17
In March 2011, Japan was hit by a devastating tsunami killing 20,000 and triggering a nuclear meltdown. Survivors and...
Air Date: 2026-02-18
The tsunami provokes a major meltdown at the local nuclear facility. What happened to the safeguards? What went wrong...
Air Date: 2026-04-20
In April 1986, a huge explosion at Chernobyl blasted radioactive dust into the atmosphere
Air Date: 2026-04-20
Chernobyl left wreckage that will be radioactive for 20,000 years. But what caused it?
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