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Tuesday, 16, Oct 2007 11:21
Watching the twin towers topple on September 11th has been named the most memorable moment in 50 years of TV.
Some 2,000 Britons told a Freeview survey what they considered the most iconic moments.
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 | The dramatic events of September 11th 2001 were broadcast around the world and millions of people watched live as two passenger planes crashed into the World Trade Centre in New York. |
 | The death of Princess Diana in a Paris tunnel led to a week of mourning in the UK in the buildup to her funeral at Westminster Abbey. |
 | Germans danced on the Brandenburg Gate after the world saw the Berlin Wall come tumbling down in 1989 |
 | Neil Armstrong landing on the moon represented a new dawn in watching news events on TV in 1969. |
 | Bob Geldof's work on Live Aid in 1985 led to an equally ambitious set of concerts for Live 8 20 years later. |
 | The Two Ronnies' Fork Handles sketch has lived long in the memory of Britons. |
 | Ricky Gervais sprang to global success after playing David Brent in The Office, with 'that dance' being performed countless times since. |
 | Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch is arguably one of the most oft-quoted TV comedy moments in British history. |
 | Bobby Moore holding aloft the World Cup after beating Germany in the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley has become a defining image of English football at its best. |
 | The assassination of John F Kennedy remains one of the most momentous events of the 20th century. |