Days That Shook the World
tv show
32 total episodes
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3 seasons
First Aired November 01, 2003
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Overview
Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003. The programme features various milestones throughout history. It has been broadcast on the BBC, Discovery Channel UK, The History Channel and Viasat History. The series was also released on DVD by the Polish edition of Newsweek in 2007.
Reach For The Stars: Trials of Galileo / Yuri Gagarin's Flight
Season 2 - Episode 6 - 0h 0m
Air Date
November 15, 2004
Overview
12 April 1633 and 12 April 1961. Two days on which science challenged the conventional view of our place in the universe: April 12, 1633 when Galileo stands trial for heresy for claiming the sun and not the Earth is the centre of the known universe, and exactly 328 years to the day later (1961) when Soviet cosmonaut Major Yuri Gagarin steps from the Earth into space.