The Day Britain Stopped is a dramatic pseudo-documentary produced by Wall to Wall Media for the BBC. It is based on a fictional disaster that took place on December 19, 2003, in which a train strike is the first in a chain of events that lead to a fatal meltdown of Britain's transport system. Directed by Gabriel Range, who wrote the script with producer Simon Finch, the film first aired on Tuesday, May 13, 2003, on BBC Two.