Airdate: The 2000s
Nat Geo goes back to 9/11, YouTube, Paris Hilton, Queer Eye, Bieber and the iPhone -see it before Nine re-edits it...
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Next month Nat Geo premieres the latest in its look back at the decades with The 2000s -in what will surely be reworked and re-voiced with Richard Wilkins by Nine.
But here it is in its original format, with four episodes featuring interviews with Sharon Osbourne, Michael Moore, Randy Jackson, Donald Trump, Perez Hilton, Carson Kressley, Harry Shearer, Dick Cheney, Rudy Giuliani, General David Petraeus, and Dan Rather.
It was the first decade in which anyone or anything could become a trending social media phenomenon. Celebrities were made overnight on reality television and the viral video was born with YouTube. These years ushered in a new reality that has had a profound influence on how we live our lives today and will determine the way we live for decades to come.
Premiering Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August from 7.30pm, National Geographic Channel’s The 2000s the first major documentary series to unpick the profound and epoch-shifting global, technological and social changes that transformed the world during this decade.
Revisiting key events in first-person interviews with the game changers, news makers, world leaders and entertainers who left their marks on history, the special follows the same wildly successful formula that made hits of its predecessors The 80s and The 90s.
From the rise of the iPhone to the tragic September 11 attacks, to the influence of fantasy films like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, and from disasters like the Indian Ocean Tsunami to cutting-edge science developments like Europe’s Large Hadron Collider, the series details these ten tumultuous years with stories from all corners of the globe.
Episodes include:
The 2000s │ Ground Zero
Saturday 29 August at 7.30pm AEST
The rise of social media. September 11. The beginning of reality TV. Celebrities, including Donald Trump, Sharon Osborne and Rudy Giuliani, take a look back at the decade’s biggest moments in news, TV, movies, music, pop culture, sport and politics.
The 2000s │ YouTube Revolution
Saturday 29 August at 9.30pm AEST
Justin Bieber. Gangnam Style. Cat videos. As YouTube turns ten years old, we chart the history of the last decade through the biggest and most influential viral videos in history.
The 2000s │ Boom And Bust
Sunday 30 August at 7.30pm AEST
The rise of the iPhone. The fall of the stock market. The Iraq War. Celebrities, including Donald Trump, Sharon Osborne and Rudy Giuliani, take a look back at the decade’s biggest moments in news, TV, movies, music, pop culture, sport and politics.
The 2000s │ The Greatest Tragedies
Sunday 30 August at 9.30pm AEST
Terrorist attacks. Tsunamis. Celebrity deaths. The 2000s was a decade when news moved fast and, thanks to social media, earth shattering events unfolded in real time.
The 2000s is produced by Nutopia for National Geographic Channels International (NGCI). Executive producers for Nutopia are Jane Root, Peter Lovering and Fred Hepburn. For NGCI, Hamish Mykura is Executive Vice President and Head of International Content.
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3 Responses
It’s too recent – they should do 70’s and 60’s next…
I don’t think Nine will touch this with a barge pole after the failure of The Amazing ’90s. The “Noughties” was probably the worst decade in history, a period everybody wants to forget. George W Bush, John Howard, 9/11, The Iraq War… How anybody could feel nostalgic about that train wreck of a decade is beyond comprehension.
Hey, I grew up in the 2000’s. It wasn’t a train wreck compared to the 90’s IMO! I’m sure if you ask someone who was alive during WWII they’d say that the 40’s were the worst decade.
I think it’ll be interesting to see, as always with these kinds if “historical documentaries” what slant the celebrities put on the events.