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One-Hour Special for Channel 4 / Discovery / La7 / Fremantle
1972, the Munich Olympics: eleven Israeli athletes were killed after being taken hostage by a little-known Palestinian group called Black September. It was an event that shocked the world, and the Israeli government wanted revenge. Mossad, Israel´s intelligence service, sent elite undercover agents across Europe and the Middle East to hunt down and kill the twelve people they believed were responsible for the Munich massacre. Steven Spielberg´s movie ´Munich´ is based on a fictionalised account of these events. This film reveals for the first time the real story behind Israel´s campaign of revenge and how it spiralled out of control through the testimony of senior Mossad figures, undercover assassins, eyewitnesses and relatives of the victims.
´Move over Spielberg - Channel 4´s retelling of the aftermath of the Munich massacre is a history lesson that will be hard to beat´ - The Guardian
´Done with dramatic flair... but the grim repercussions are never forgotten´ - The Sunday Times
´Goes a long way in helping to set the record straight´ - Baltimore Sun
´Fascinating documentary... A well-researched, subtly dramatised account... A chilling look into a morally difficult subject´ - The Daily Telegraph - Daily Express
´Engrossing documentary... features some surprisingly well-connected interviewees´ - The Observer
´The elaborate reconstructions of the killings lent the Channel 4 film the air of a thriller´ - Daily Mail
´Fascinating documentary... blows the lid on the secret massacre carried out by Mossad´ - The Sun
´Excellent, disturbing documentary´ - Radio Times