Hostage
Season 1 Episode 1 of 3
Documentary about the fate of photojournalists John Cantlie and James Foley, who were kidnapped in Syria in 2012. The pair had gone out to the Middle East to chase a scoop about foreign fighters, only for their reporting to draw the attention of extremists - and what began as a tense investigation spiralled into a dangerous encounter
Hostage airs on BBC Two HD at 11:00 PM, Monday 9 March. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
Topics
News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Marian Mohamed
Director
Alec Webb
Producer
Martin McDonnell
Editor