Series
Days That Shocked the World
2026 · 1 season · Documentary
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Overview
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.
Crew
- Claire RunhamExecutive Producer
Details
- First aired
- January 3, 2026
- Last aired
- April 20, 2026
- Status
- Returning Series
- Original language
- English
- Episodes
- 8
- Genres
- Documentary
Seasons
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