Days That Shook the World

Days That Shook the World
GenreDocumentary
History
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes30
Production
Executive producersDavid Upshal
Richard Bradley
Chris Kelly
ProducersDavid Bartlett
Stuart Elliott
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release17 September 2003 (2003-09-17)

Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003 and lasted for three series. Each 60-minute episode explores either one or two significant events from history through a combination of dramatisation, archive footage, and eyewitness accounts.

It was produced by Lion Television and distributed internationally by BBC Worldwide. It has been broadcast on the BBC, ABC, Discovery Channel UK, The History Channel and Viasat History.

The BBC released all three series on DVD and published a book written by Hugo Davenport to accompany the first series.

The series was also released on DVD by the Polish edition of Newsweek in 2007.