The previous decade was a time 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 Sunday, 13 September on National Geographic, channel 181 on DStv, The 2000’s: The Decade We Saw it All is 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, newsmakers, world leaders and entertainers who left their marks on history, the special follows the same successful formula that made hits of its predecessors The ’80s: The Decade That Made Us and The ’90s: The Decade That Connected Us.
Lending their voices to the four-hour special in new, original interviews are Sharon Osbourne, Michael Moore, Randy Jackson, Donald Trump, Perez Hilton, Carson Kressley, Harry Shearer, Dick Cheney, Rudy Giuliani, General David Petraeus, Juju Chang, Dan Rather and Captain “Sully” Sullenberger. The nearly 120 total interviews completed for The 2000’s: The Decade We Saw it All cross every political aisle, racial divide and class schism as contributors speak in unison in an effort to unravel and illuminate this “first draft of history”.
Combining these interviews with unforgettable footage and a familiar soundtrack, the result is television that puts a new lens on the familiar and alters what you think you know. From the heart-wrenching journey of five-year-old Cuban Elian Gonzalez 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.
The 2000’s: The Decade We Saw It All 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.
The 2000’s: The Decade We Saw it All Premiers on Sunday, 13 September at 20:05 on National Geographic, channel 181 on DStv.
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