What is the greatest live television broadcast of all time?

Before streaming, a whole country could watch one thing at once. These are the nights it did.

1. 1
   The Kennedy-Nixon Debate

   The first televised presidential debate, in September 1960, which showed that appearance now carried weight.
   1000pts
2. 2
   The Fall of the Berlin Wall

   Crowds climbing and breaking the wall in November 1989, carried live as it happened.
   879pts
3. 3
   Live Aid

   Sixteen hours from London and Philadelphia in July 1985, carried to an estimated 1.5 billion people.
   809pts

   DI
4. 4
   The Red Bull Stratos Jump

   Felix Baumgartner's 2012 skydive from the stratosphere, streamed live to millions of simultaneous viewers.
   809pts
5. 5
   The 1969 Woodstock Festival

   Three days in upstate New York whose footage defined how a generation saw itself.
   789pts
6. 6
   Our World

   The first live global satellite broadcast, in June 1967, on which the Beatles performed All You Need Is Love.
   684pts
7. 7
   Nelson Mandela's Release

   Mandela walking free from Victor Verster Prison in February 1990 after 27 years, watched worldwide.
   684pts
8. 8
   The Apollo 11 Moon Walk

   Broadcast live from the lunar surface on 20 July 1969 to an estimated 600 million viewers.
   560pts
9. 9
   The Return of Apollo 13

   The splashdown of a crew most viewers had been told might not survive the trip home.
   559pts
10. 10
    The Rumble in the Jungle

    Ali against Foreman in Kinshasa in October 1974, beamed by satellite to closed-circuit screens worldwide.
    410pts
11. 11
    The Wedding of Charles and Diana

    July 1981 at St Paul's, watched by an estimated 750 million people in 74 countries.
    410pts
12. 12
    The 1966 World Cup Final

    England's win over West Germany at Wembley, and the commentary line the country still quotes.
    410pts

Comments 1