Dirty War (2004) (TV)

Director:

Daniel Percival

Writers:

Lizzie Mickery (co-writer)
Daniel Percival (co-writer)

Release Date:

24 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

On a quiet street the men next door are going about their business. The business of nuclear terrorism.

Plot:

After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities...

Plot Keywords:

Propaganda | Firefighter | London England | Radiation | Terrorist Bombing

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Gavin Abbott	...	Bomb Incident Officer 2
Joanne Adams	...	Control Officer 1
Shamshad Akhtar	...	Falzah
Dean Ashton	...	RSM Officer
Paul Antony-Barber	...	Commander Paul Hardwick
Kameal Nisha Bisnauthsingh	...	Razla
Louise Breckon-Richards	...	DC Vicky Loman
Keir Charles	...	Press Officer
Josh Cole	...	Control Officer 2
Zoe Conway	...	TV Reporter - Liz Street
Joanna Croll	...	Female Doctor
Craig Crosbie	...	Radiation Expert
Fuman Dar	...	Mohammed Ibn Harrara
Louise Delamere	...	Liz Corrigan
Tony Dolan	...	Lead TSG Officer
Greg Donaldson	...	Fireman
Houda Echouafni	...	Fatima
Essam Edriss	...	Reconnaissance Man
William El Gardi	...	Abu Abassi (as William El-Gardi)
Tim Faraday	...	Chief Paramedic 2
Brendan Fleming	...	Cordon Police Officer
Alastair Galbraith	...	Murray Corrigan, Watch Commander (as Alistair Galbraith)
Sartaj Garewal	...	Bomb Incident Room Officer
George Georgiou	...	Usman Selcuk
Denis Gilmore	...	British Truck Driver (as Dennis Gilmore)
Darren Hawkes	...	Camera Operator
Rachael Hayden	...	Jen - Female Fire Officer
Philip Hayton	...	Anchor - News 24 (as Philip Heyton)
Dorian Healy	...	Harper
Darren Higham	...	Murray Fire Officer 3
David Horovitch	...	Lambert
Robert Horwell	...	Chief Paramedic 1
Amar Hussain	...	Imran Nazir
Raza Jaffrey	...	Rashid Dhar
Hosh Kane	...	Yousef Ghamidi
William Key	...	NRPB Specialist
Paul Maddaford	...	DC Phillips
Guy Masterson	...	Fire Commander
John McIntyre	...	TV Reporter - Hospital
Liam McKenna	...	Science Officer
Susie McKenna	...	Surveillance Officer 2
Jeff Mirza	...	Asian Landlord
Liam Noble	...	Entry Controller
James Puddephatt	...	Fire Marshall
Koel Purie	...	DC Sameena Habibullah
Sam Redford	...	Steve - Hyperventilating Fireman
Narinder Samra	...	Barber Asharf
Martin Savage	...	DS Mike Drummer
Helen Schlesinger	...	Nicola Painswick, Minister for London
Marc Small	...	Control Officer 3
Jonty Stephens	...	DI Lane
Ewan Stewart	...	Deputy Assistant Commissioner John Ives
Joe Tucker	...	DI Brook
John Vine	...	Chairman of Parliamentary Hearing
Deka Walmsley	...	Duty Sergeant
Morgan Walters	...	Police Officer - Bomb St
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charlotte Green	...	Herself (Radio 4 newsreader) (voice) (uncredited)
Abdul Popoola	...	City worker (uncredited)

Directed by
Daniel Percival

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lizzie Mickery		co-writer
Daniel Percival		co-writer

Produced by
Luke Alkin	....	producer
Stephen Barrett	....	research producer
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo	....	line producer
Liza Marshall	....	executive producer
David M. Thompson	....	executive producer (as David Thompson)
Paul Woolwich	....	executive producer: BBC Current Affairs

Original Music by
Joe Walker

Cinematography by
Graham Smith

Film Editing by
Melanie Oliver

Casting by
Lucy Bevan
Kahleen Crawford
Des Hamilton

Production Design by
Will Hughes-Jones

Art Direction by
Richard Bullock

Costume Design by
Lucinda Wright

Makeup Department
Laura Schiavo	....	makeup artist
Catherine Scoble	....	makeup designer
Leda Shawyer	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Richard Hill	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Coop	....	additional third assistant director
Kelly Dennis	....	third assistant director
Beth Elliott	....	second second assistant director
Mark Goddard	....	first assistant director
Nic Jeune	....	first assistant director: second unit
Paul Morris	....	second assistant director
Christian Rigg	....	additional third assistant director
Alex Streeter	....	additional third assistant director

Art Department
Kyvan Ali-Mardani	....	dressing props
Mario Bueno	....	property master
Cathy Cosgrove	....	production buyer
Emily Daines	....	art department assistant
Douglas Ingram	....	storyboard artist
Gary Martin	....	dressing props
Shaun Mitcheson	....	stand-by art director
Adrian Platt	....	stand-by props
Graham Ward	....	stand-by props

Sound Department
Tom Barrow	....	sound assistant
Max Bygrave	....	sound effects editor
Graham Day	....	sound assistant
Steve Finn	....	boom operator
Tim Fraser	....	sound recordist
Jamie Gambell	....	additional boom operator
Paul Hamblin	....	dubbing mixer
Simon Hayter	....	additional sound recordist
Tim Owens	....	dialogue editor
Becki Ponting	....	adr editor
William Towers	....	sound maintenance (as Will Towers)
Rowena Wilkinson	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Tony Auger	....	special effects supervisor

Stunts
Andy Bradford	....	stunt coordinator (as Andrew Bradford)

Camera and Electrical Department
Edward Bishop	....	camera trainee
Kerry Brown	....	still photographer
Sue Cane	....	focus puller
Vincent Carroll	....	electrician
Tom Craig	....	still photographer
David Genge	....	electrician
Nick Green	....	gaffer
Nick Vernon	....	clapper loader
Darren Vincent	....	camera trainee

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joanna Hayes	....	wardrobe assistant
Elizabeth Wilson	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Chris Beeton	....	colorist
Gerald Morris	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Biola Bankole	....	assistant accountant
Stephen Barrett	....	research producer
Naomi Bradford	....	researcher
Mhairi Brennan	....	production coordinator
Kirstie Edgar	....	script supervisor
Syd Ezrouki	....	location assistant
Mark Kinsella	....	production coordinator: re-shoots
Mark Kinsella	....	production secretary
Susy Liddell	....	head of production
Kevin McSweeney	....	production accountant
Jenny McVeigh	....	researcher
Elizabeth Pavitt	....	production runner
Mona Qureshi	....	script editor
Alex Small	....	floor runner
Matthew Wortman	....	location manager

Production Companies

• BBC Films (in association with)
• HBO Films (in association with)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2004) (UK) (all media)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2004) (worldwide) (all media)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Argentina) (all media)

Special Effects

• The Mill

Other Companies

• Casting Collective  extras casting

Runtime:

90 min | Argentina:91 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Kodak)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:TV-MA

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

BBC Films

Everything you ever wanted to know about the "dirty bomb"

The BBC and HBO teamed up to create "Dirty War", a 90 minute TV movie about a terrorist "dirty bomb" attack in London. The film gets down to business quickly as it packs both the terrorist and the government anti-terrorist efforts into the film leaving little room for human interest subplots. On the terrorist side we follow the bomb from the smuggling of radioactive materials to assembly to deployment to detonation. On the government side we see PR and training exercises, intelligence gathering and analysis, interdiction, post-detonation response, and follow up. The film also imparts a sense of how Al-Qa'ida type terrorist cells are organized, the radical Islamic terrorist mentality, and terrorist strategies. A sort of anatomy of a "dirty bomb" incident, "Dirty War" will answer many questions lurking in the minds of a public becoming ever more aware of this insidious threat. (B)