MolliG
05-16-2004, 11:26 AM
BBC News (news.bbc.co.uk)
Wall of silence over terror threat
By Susan O'Keeffe
Producer, London under attack
Terrorists target London with multiple attacks. It's a nightmare scenario devised by Panorama with the help of security experts to test how well Britain would cope.
But the government condemned Panorama's programme as "irresponsible" and refused any co-operation.
"Taking morning coffee to discuss terrorism with the mandarins of government is, I accept, a rather unusual entry in anyone's diary.
On a cold day before last Christmas, we assembled in a small dark room in Whitehall.
No paintings on the walls, no windows to gaze through but compensation courtesy of an abundance of chocolate biscuits on a china plate; Panorama on one side, the normally faceless bureaucrats on the other.
We had contacted the Cabinet Office and the Home Office and explained that we were producing a rather unusual Panorama, designed to assess the state of preparedness for a terrorist attack...
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http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40155000/jpg/_40155389_chlorinenews24_203.jpg
A scene from Panorama's docu-drama London under attack
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Panorama: London under attack will be broadcast on BBC One on Sunday, 16 May 2004 at 22:15 BST
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/3713049.stm
Wall of silence over terror threat
By Susan O'Keeffe
Producer, London under attack
Terrorists target London with multiple attacks. It's a nightmare scenario devised by Panorama with the help of security experts to test how well Britain would cope.
But the government condemned Panorama's programme as "irresponsible" and refused any co-operation.
"Taking morning coffee to discuss terrorism with the mandarins of government is, I accept, a rather unusual entry in anyone's diary.
On a cold day before last Christmas, we assembled in a small dark room in Whitehall.
No paintings on the walls, no windows to gaze through but compensation courtesy of an abundance of chocolate biscuits on a china plate; Panorama on one side, the normally faceless bureaucrats on the other.
We had contacted the Cabinet Office and the Home Office and explained that we were producing a rather unusual Panorama, designed to assess the state of preparedness for a terrorist attack...
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http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40155000/jpg/_40155389_chlorinenews24_203.jpg
A scene from Panorama's docu-drama London under attack
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Panorama: London under attack will be broadcast on BBC One on Sunday, 16 May 2004 at 22:15 BST
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/3713049.stm