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).
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Julie EtchinghamNarrator | Narrator |
| NNigel DacreSelf | Self |
| MMartyn LewisSelf | Self |
| JJohn SuchetSelf | Self |
 Alastair StewartSelf | Self |
 Jennie BondSelf | Self |
 Dan RatherSelf | Self |
| SSanford SocolowSelf | Self |
| MMichael JermeySelf | Self |
| NNorman ReesSelf | Self |
| RRichard BakerSelf | Self |
| LLis HowellSelf | Self |
| IIan FisherSelf | Self |
 Stewart PurvisSelf | Self |
 Nick OwenSelf | Self |
| DDavid GoldsmithSelf | Self |
| LLesley BodenSelf | Self |
| SSim HarrisSelf | Self |
 Mary NightingaleSelf | Self |
| NNick RabinSelf | Self |
 Tony BlairSelf | Self |
| KKay BurleySelf | Self |
 Walter CronkiteSelf | Self |
| SSandy GallSelf | Self |
 John F. KennedySelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| DDermot MurnaghanSelf | Self |