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Season 1

  • S01E01 "Mad Mitch" and his Tribal Law (Aden 1967)

    • November 19, 2004
    • BBC Two

    On 20th June 1967 Arab police in Aden, Yemem mutiny. They kill 22 British troops and take control of the city's Crater district. Lt Colonel Colin Mitchell was brought in to re-establish order but caused controversy through his method of using ruthless force.

  • S01E02 The Jewish War (Palestine 1947)

    • November 26, 2004
    • BBC Two

    On 22 July 1946 Jewish guerrillas bombed the King David Hotel in British-administered Palestine. Ninety-one people died in the attack. British security forces recall the event, and former guerrillas talk about their campaign to establish a State of Israel.

  • S01E03 The Intelligence War (Malaya 1948)

    • December 3, 2004
    • BBC Two

    In Malaya in 1948 a 12-year war to end British rule was ignited by the assassination by a Communist Party death squad of the English rubber plantation manager Arthur Walker. Includes interviews with British secret intelligence officers.

  • S01E04 The Hunt for Kimathi (Kenya 1952)

    • December 10, 2004
    • BBC Two

    An examination of the Mau Mau uprising in 1950s Kenya. Looks at the attempts of British colonial security forces to hunt down its leader, Dedan Kimathi who was caught and executed in 1956.

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