Gripping recreation of historic events using firsthand accounts and forensic details, including moon landings, Romanov assassination, Hiroshima, Mandela's release, JFK assassination, and Chernobyl.

"Days That Shocked the World" is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003 and ran for three series. Each 60-minute episode explores one or two major events in history through a combination of dramatization, archival footage and eyewitness accounts.