Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
- Documentary
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).
Cast

Julie Etchingham
Narrator
- Nigel Dacre
Nigel Dacre
Self
- Martyn Lewis
Martyn Lewis
Self
- John Suchet
John Suchet
Self

Alastair Stewart
Self

Jennie Bond
Self

Dan Rather
Self
- Sanford Socolow
Sanford Socolow
Self
- Michael Jermey
Michael Jermey
Self
- Norman Rees
Norman Rees
Self
- Richard Baker
Richard Baker
Self
- Lis Howell
Lis Howell
Self
- Ian Fisher
Ian Fisher
Self

Stewart Purvis
Self

Nick Owen
Self
- David Goldsmith
David Goldsmith
Self
- Lesley Boden
Lesley Boden
Self
- Sim Harris
Sim Harris
Self

Mary Nightingale
Self
- Nick Rabin
Nick Rabin
Self

Tony Blair
Self
- Kay Burley
Kay Burley
Self

Walter Cronkite
Self
- Sandy Gall
Sandy Gall
Self

John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
- Dermot Murnaghan
Dermot Murnaghan
Self
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