Iraq: The Hidden Story

by Jon Snow

Tue, May 9, 2006 4:55PM

Images of Iraq dominate our TV news bulletins every night but in this film, Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow questions whether these reports are sugar-coating the bloody reality of war and the sectarian violence under the US-led occupation. [49m30s]

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He travels to Baghdad to investigate why the coverage has been so restricted and if the British public are profoundly disconnected from the real Iraq as a result.

Iraq: The Hidden Story shows the footage used by TV news broadcasts, and compares it with the devastatingly powerful uncensored footage of the aftermath of the carnage that is becoming a part of the fabric of life in Iraq.

Prod/ Dir: Christian Trumble; Exec Prod: Stephen Phelps; Prod Co: Zenith Entertainment Ltd
2006

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