Dirty War (2004)

Directed by

Daniel Percival

Genre

thriller

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

16

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dirty bomb explodes in Central London. The film follows the response of emergency services and government officials as they grapple with the aftermath.

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What happens

Dirty War is a British television drama film, co-written by Lizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival and directed by Percival that was broadcast on BBC One on 26 September 2004. The film, produced in association with HBO Films, follows a terrorist attack on Central London where a "dirty bomb" is deployed. Principal cast members for the film include Louise Delamere, Alastair Galbraith, Waleed Elagdi, Martin Savage, Koel Purie, Helen Schlesinger, Ewan Stewart and Paul Antony-Barber. Following its broadcast in the UK, a live questions & answers session with the writers of the programme broadcast on BBC One at 22:50 GMT. In the United States, the film was made available on HBO on 24 January 2005, and the broadcast for the first time on PBS on 23 February 2005. The film was later released on DVD in the United States on October 6, 2005. Percival later won a BAFTA Award for Best New Director for his work on the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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