BBC to air the definitive story of the suicide bombings that shook London in the summer of 2005

A four-part docuseries about the 2005 London terror attacks and their aftermath exec produced by Stern & Wild filmmaker Neil Grant is set to launch on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer this Sunday.

On 7 July 2005, four bombs were detonated on London’s transport system, killing 52 people and leaving hundreds injured. Another series of attempted bombings followed and in the subsequent manhunt, the police shot dead an innocent man - Jean Charles de Menezes.

The series 7/7: The London Bombings aims to provide a definitive record of the three-week hunt to catch the bombers. It tells the story of the attacks from the perspective of survivors, first responders and family members of the victims; provides a day-by-day account of the biggest police investigation in British history as the police and security services scrambled to prevent the bombers striking again; and through interviews with then Prime Minister Tony Blair, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair and Home Secretary Charles Clarke, examines how the authorities dealt with the crisis and sought to reassure the nation.

The series is produced by UK indie The Slate Works (9/11: Inside the President’s War Room) for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. It was commissioned by Jack Bootle, BBC Head of Commissioning, Specialist Factual; the Commissioning Editor is Simon Young, BBC Head of Commissioning, History. Alongside Neil as Executive Producer, The Slate Works' Adam Wishart and Jim Nally are Producers and joint Series Directors and Serena Kennedy is Head of Production.

The first two episodes will air on Sunday 5 January and Monday 6 January at 9:00pm on BBC Two. The entire series will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer following the Sunday broadcast. To watch the series trailer, click on the image below.

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