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Suez: 24 Hours That Broke the British Empire
8.0 / 10• 2026•1 Season · 2 Episodes•TV-14• English•Returning Series
DocumentaryWar & Politics
About the show
The dramatic inside story of 6 November 1956, the final day of the Suez Crisis. A day that changed Britain forever. Exactly as it happened - hour by hour, minute by minute.
Starring
Saskia Reeves
Narrator (voice)
Alan McKenna
Anthony Eden
TI
Tez Ilyas
Gamal Abdel Nasser
JS
John Statham
Dwight D. Eisenhower
James Merganser
Harold Macmillan
Steve Smith
Guy Mollet
