Series 1 (2008)

A Simple Private Matter
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March 10, 2008 • 10m

While Tony Blair faces a TV grilling by a group of anti-war women, one of the government's senior lawyers faces a personal crisis ...Read more

$100 Coffee
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March 11, 2008 • 10m

There are just 9 days left until the invasion begins and in the hills of Northern Iraq a coalition of religious and political lead...Read more

These Things Are Always Chaos
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March 12, 2008 • 10m

For weeks General Tim Cross has been the British deputy at the US led Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Aid (ORHA) in Wash...Read more

Why This Rush?
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March 13, 2008 • 10m

A diplomatic battle raging at the UN where the British and Americans are intensely lobbying for a second resolution that will auth...Read more

Blowback
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March 14, 2008 • 10m

War is less than a week away but a battle is being fought for the streets. A community fights back against radical Islamists recru...Read more

You Are Welcome Here
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March 17, 2008 • 10m

It's the final countdown - 3 days to war. UN diplomacy has died, but on the ground in Iraq the weapons inspectors continue their f...Read more

Failure Is Not An Option
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March 18, 2008 • 10m

It's the day of the Commons vote on war. Harriet Walter and Adrian Rawlins play MPs facing mutual crises of conscience in the face...Read more

Our Business Is North
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March 19, 2008 • 10m

It's 24 hours until war begins. Colonel Tim Collins, the charismatic commander of the Royal Irish Regiment stationed on the Kuwait...Read more