Aleppo: Life Under Siege
The battle for Aleppo, Syria's largest city and once home to over two million people, is in its fourth year. Five citizen journalists in East Aleppo document life under siege.
The battle for Aleppo, Syria's largest city and once home to over two million people, is in its fourth year. Divided between opposition-held east and government-controlled west, ordinary civilians are suffering on both sides. The east has been relentlessly bombed by the Russian military-backed forces of President Bashar al-Assad, and for the last month five citizen journalists in East Aleppo, commissioned by Panorama, have been documenting life under siege. The film is an intimate portrait of ordinary people struggling to stay alive, including a civil-defence volunteer who risks death to save his fellow citizens. The film goes behind the headlines into the backstreets of East Aleppo to show the horror, chaos and fear of the daily bombings, but also the surprising humanity, resilience and hope of the people who remain.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Paul McGann |
Producer | Natalie Morton |
Producer | Christine Garabedian |
Executive Producer | Aisling O'Connor |
Deputy Editor | Karen Wightman |
Broadcasts
- Mon 26 Sep 2016 20:3091热爆 One except Wales & Wales HD
- Mon 26 Sep 2016 22:4091热爆 One Wales HD & Wales only
- Wed 28 Sep 2016 03:3091热爆 News UK & UK HD only
- Fri 30 Sep 2016 00:1591热爆 Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Fri 30 Sep 2016 00:4591热爆 Two Scotland
- Fri 30 Sep 2016 03:3091热爆 News UK & UK HD only
- Sat 1 Oct 2016 00:0091热爆 Two Northern Ireland
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