{"id":23556,"date":"2025-08-12T10:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/atomic-television-releases-princess-diana-documentary\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:38:10","slug":"atomic-television-releases-princess-diana-documentary-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/atomic-television-releases-princess-diana-documentary-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Atomic Television Preps Princess Diana Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Day Diana Died<\/em> is a new 90-minute documentary from Atomic Television, a Zinc Media Group label, for 5.<\/p>\n<p>Marking the anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, the documentary will piece together the critical hours following the news of her death and examine the key decisions made by the Royal Household, newsrooms and Tony Blair\u2019s government in the wake of the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring interviews with figures such as Tina Brown, Colin Tebbutt, Dickie Arbiter, and Ian Hislop, along with fresh insights from key players, including Graham Laurie, the pilot who flew Prince Charles to Paris and brought back Diana\u2019s body, to Nik Gowing, the BBC news anchor who played a pivotal role in covering<\/p>\n<p>Diana&#8217;s death, the documentary offers a unique behind-the-scenes perspective.<br \/>\nThrough the eyes of journalists, politicians, and those closest to the events, <em>The Day Diana Died<\/em> explores how a global crisis was managed and communicated in real time, providing an in-depth and multifaceted understanding of the lasting impact of that fateful day.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Day Diana Died<\/em> was commissioned for 5 by Lucy Willis, commissioning editor, for non-scripted for 5 and Paramount Plus.<\/p>\n<p>We are delighted to be working with 5 to tell the incredible story of the day Diana died,\u201d said executive producer Stephen McQuillan. \u201cBy interviewing a range of commentators and those who played a key role in one of the twentieth century\u2019s most dramatic days, we hope to shed new light on an event that is remembered by everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Day Diana Died is a new 90-minute documentary from Atomic Television, a Zinc Media Group label, for 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7389,"featured_media":23419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[10686,6870,11426,11427,11428,6526,11424,11429,2294,6871,11423,11425,2533],"class_list":["post-23556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-10686","tag-atomic-television","tag-colin-tebbutt","tag-dickie-arbiter","tag-graham-laurie","tag-ian-hislop","tag-lucy-willis","tag-nik-gowing","tag-princess-diana","tag-stephen-mcquillan","tag-the-day-diana-died","tag-tina-brown","tag-zinc-media-group","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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