The series ends up feeling “not like the first draft of history, but something approaching the whole story”. His “deeply informed” series splices “sharp” new interviews – with the likes of Tony Blair and the former heads of MI5 and MI6 – with archive recordings of his own on-the-ground reports from the time. I’m generally sceptical of podcasts where the host claims to be “obsessed” with the topic at hand, but with Corera, “you really believe it”. Hosted by Gordon Corera, the corporation’s security correspondent, it provides an “outstanding” overview of the Iraq War and its legacies, based on “astonishing access to the major players”. Shock and War: Iraq 20 Years On is an example of BBC programme-making at its finest, said Charlotte Runcie in The Daily Telegraph.
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