Days That Shook the World: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Days That Shook the World Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg / Challenger Disaster
Sep 27, 2004
6 May 1937 And 27 January 1986. Two traumatic air disasters highlighting the human cost of aviation: the transatlantic crossing of the luxurious airship Hindenburg ends in disaster
The Christmas Truce
Oct 11, 2004
25 December 1914 The first Christmas of World War 1 bore witness to an incredible phenomenon. A spontaneous truce broke out in the murderous trenches, led by the gun-fodder troops
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Oct 18, 2004
7 December 1941 The devastating pre-emptive strike on the American fleet in Hawaii that caught the USA sleeping was a strategic triumph for the Japanese. With eye-witness accounts
Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels / The Great Train Robbery
Nov 1, 2004
9 May and 28 August 1963. The intriguing stories behind two of Britain's most audacious robberies centres on the parts played by the central characters mastermind criminals, victi
Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal / Wolf's Lair
Nov 8, 2004
22 August 1962 and 20 July 1944. Two assassination attempts that, if successful, might have changed the course of history: the Algerian Secret Army's attempt to shoot President de
Reach For The Stars: Trials of Galileo / Yuri Gagarin's Flight
Nov 15, 2004
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 cl
Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur/Piltdown Man
Nov 22, 2004
September 1824 and 20 November 1953 Two archaeological 'discoveries' which profoundly altered our understanding of the natural world: the first unearthing of the bones of an ancie
Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln/Oklahoma City Bombing
Dec 6, 2004
14 April 1865 and 19 April 1995 Eye-witness accounts, key figures and court transcripts are used to retell tow terrorist acts which shook America. The killing of the President and
Cold War Spies: Gary Powers/Rudolf Abel
Jul 1, 2004
1 May 1960 and 18 February 1962 These two stories from the height of the Cold War illustrate the mistrust and suspicion of an era. A spy plane shot down from the skies over Russia
Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn/The Abdication of Edward VIII
Dec 20, 2004
19 May 1536 and 10 December 1936 The Story of two English kings whose private affairs become national events - how the Queen of England gambled everything only to end her life on