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Days That Shook the World

2003-11-013 seasons · 32 episodes1h 0mDocumentary7.0/10TMDB · 9 votes

Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003. The programme features various milestones throughout history. It has been broadcast on the BBC, Discovery Channel UK, The History Channel and Viasat History. The series was also released on DVD by the Polish edition of Newsweek in 2007.

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3 episodes2003-03-20

Season 1

12 episodes2003-11-01

Season 2

10 episodes2004-09-27

Season 3

10 episodes2005-10-20

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Original languageEnglish

Original release2003-11-01

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Peter GuinnessNarrator (voice)

Stephen BeckettNarrator (voice)

Boris Rogachevski

Chris Rogers

Chris RogersJoseph Sewald / Oberkommandant

Blair Willoughby

Penny Barral

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Fiona BriceBen CaplanDan CarterFrazer DouglasCarl FentonPierre GiraudDavid HortonAlain LefebvreJacques Sandras-LeiboviciRaphaël RemiatteEmily SharpOlivier DeslandesVoice-over Artist Benjamin TillPaul DarrowVoice-over Artist Caroline BernsteinVoice-over Artist Natalie WalterAdmir AladjuzJohn AndersonJack DanielsJoseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage)Magda GoebbelsSelf (archive footage)Heinrich HimmlerSelf (archive footage)Molly HousegoSimone Huber(voice)Richard KnightGoran KostićGavrilo Princip (voice)Kevin KragoBenito MussoliniSelf (archive footage)Salih PaloHannah NorthedgeLucy PerkinsJill RichardsonMagda Goebbels Fredrick RuthGottlieb Daimler (voice)Jasmina Samssuli(voice)Felix WightmanDzevad VrabucPip UttonMirza TanovićTom Wesel(voice)Leroy EmersonRobert HatchettPhilip DunlapMichael CunninghamVerna AldridgeKenneth HughesCollins NugkanaMaureen NikaniAnthony BowdenBafo BamLeon MajkendaNelson MandelaSelf (archive footage)Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage)Matthew BozinSean Curtis-WardCrystal Akie HananoBen HealeyRodney KageyamaBrent KanasterJohn KanasterMichael Sun LeeYoshito Matsushige T. Michael PattonMichael J. ReynoldsGeneral J. T. Farrel Jon SlisovichRobert C. SmithHarry TomkinsKeita YadaYudo YadaJames Hicks(voice)Tom Hodgkins(voice)Eiji Kusuhara(voice)Patrick Poletti(voice)Jack Roberts(voice)James BryceTsar Nicholas Iona HoldenTony DonaldsonJames DonoherKevin BellMarina NovikovaTatyana BugajevLauren C MooreGrand Duchess Melanie RodwellPatrick MortonTom FarrHelmut JacobClaudia BalstersHans KuhnWinston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)Mikhail GorbachevSelf (archive footage)Erich HoneckerSelf (archive footage)Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)Victor Sobchak(voice)Diran Meghrebian(voice)Katya Kamotskaya(voice)Gregory Berkolaiko(voice)Ralph Kaiser(voice)Christiane Voss-Riehle(voice)Richard ArbitRalph BrutasisHugo GandonovskyK HerzeliyaRafael HaiderJameel KhouryCorey MarshallPepi PittlJoerg StadlerRuth Glaser(voice)James Howick(voice)Ross Waiton(voice)Keith Whickham(voice)Simon CouryJean-François Champollion Ali Mohamed GaberMax HarveyDavid PayneCassie RaineLady Evelyn Herbert Nigel WinderHoward Carter Ricardo AgostiIvan AvramenkoJohn BasiulisTamuna CheishvilliWeetus CrenJames DonaherNiel McCormackAlexei PalamarenkoAndrew TaylorDmitri VakulovBronagh WaughLee WigintonKatarina Burgess(voice)Mindy Lee(voice)Eugene Kotchetov(voice)Gary Parker(voice)Andrea Piovan(voice)George Shiskovsky(voice)John McQuistonOliver BurnsHerb Morrison Mark McKerracherRoger Boisjoly Dickon TolsonCharlie Nielsen Ronald FerneeStephen ArmstrongLutz MichaelSelf John PetersGrace CorriganSelf - Astronaut (archive footage)Leighton HaberfieldFlight Engineer Christa McAuliffeSelf - Astronaut (archive footage)Ron McNairSelf - Astronaut (archive footage)Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)Francis ScobeeSelf - Astronaut (archive footage)Patrick AllenSir John French Alan BootyGerman Soldier Stephan ErdmanKarl Meier Rio FanningHorace Smith-Dorrien Adrian FearSir Edward Hulse Charles HuntDouglas Haig Andrew VenningPrivate William BrunoAmy Lynn ChurchP.J. McCarthyPatrick millerCordell Hull Steve RobertsDarrin StevensKazu takedaCmdr. Fuchida Dustin ThomasWilliam Stafford Philip BrodieBruce Reynolds (as Phil Brodie)Duncan HolmesFrank Dewhurst Karl HowardJohn JonesCheryl MackieMiss Edwards Mark NobleMichael RyanDavid Whitby Sarah Anthony(as Sarah Shaw)Tim SmithRoy James David Sparks

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