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S01E08 - "Our Business is North"
Aired on Mar 19, 2008, 10:30 PM
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A Simple Private Matter
Ten days remain until war. While Tony Blair is given a TV grilling by a group of anti-war women, one of the government's senior lawyers has a personal crisis and plans her resignation.
Mar 10, 2008
60 min
$100 Coffee
There are nine days left until war. In the hills of Northern Iraq, a coalition of religious, political and military leaders meet to discuss how they will run the country in the aftermath of war.
Mar 11, 2008
60 min
These Things are Always Chaos
General Tim Cross is the British deputy at the US led Office of Reconstruction and Huminatarian Aid (ORHA) in Washington. He returns toLondon to explain that the plans for post-war reconstruction are in a mess. Will anyone listen?
Mar 12, 2008
60 min
Why This Rush?
A diplomatic battle is raging at the UN. The British and Americans are lobbying for a second resolution that will authorise war.Other countries want to give the weapons inspectors more time to find the weapons of mass destruction.
Mar 13, 2008
60 min
Blowback
Riots claim the streets of Iraq. One community fights the radical Islamists recruiting young men for jihad.
Mar 14, 2008
60 min
You are Welcome Here
Three days are left until war. A group of UN weapons inspectors visit Saddam's home town, Tikrit.
Mar 17, 2008
60 min
Failure is Not an Option
It is the day of the Commons vote. Two MPs are being pressured by a whip to vote for war, and face crises of conscience. Their decisions will seal the fate of their Prime Minister.
Mar 18, 2008
60 min
Our Business is North
24 hours remain until war. Colonel Tim Collins is the charismatic commander of the Royal Irish Regiment stationed on the Kuwait/Iraq border.Collins rallies his troops with a speech that comes to be celebrated round the world for its ferocity. But is his regiment really as ready for war as his rhetoric threatens?
Mar 19, 2008
60 min
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