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Days That Shook the World

Series 1 (60 minutes)

Hiroshima

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary recalling 6 August 1945, when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, with testimony from American colonel Paul Tibbets and people caught in the blast. Show more

Days That Shook the World

Series 1 (60 minutes)

Chuck Yeager & Blue Bird

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

On 14 October 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first man to fly faster than sound. 20 years later, Donald Campbell's last attempt to break the water speed record ended in disaster. Show more

Days That Shook the World

Series 1 (30 minutes)

Concorde - Atlantic Crossing

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Series focusing on defining moments of history. This edition recalls 19 October 1977, when Concorde made its first supersonic flight across the Atlantic from Toulouse to New York. Show more

Days That Shook the World

Series 1 (30 minutes)

Episode 1: JFK

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 9 months

Series recalling history's defining moments. This dramatised edition remembers the shocking assassination of American president John F Kennedy in 1963. Show more