Thursday, August 18, 2011

Programming note: 10th anniversary of 9/11 commemorated in September on National Geographic Channel with several documentaries.


To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terror attack on New York on 11 September 2001, the National Geographic Channel (DStv 260) will feature a series of 9/11-related TV shows in September including Inside 9/11: The War ContinuesSeconds from Disaster: 9/11Liquid Bomb Plot, George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview and 9/11 and The American Dream.

Liquid Bomb Plot (Sunday, 4 September at 20:00) reveals the incredible story of how police officers and intelligence operatives in the United Kingdom, America and Pakistan successfully stopped a terrorist attack, predicted to be as deadly as 9/11, just before terrorists put a plan into action.

George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview (Monday, 5 September at 21:00) was recorded over 2 days. The former American president opens up with candid details and personal experiences regarding the grueling hours and pressure-packed days following the attacks. Until now he's never discussed on camera what he was thinking and feeling in the first minutes, hours and days after the attacks. In the most in-depth televised interview he has ever given on the subject, he provides detail on what he grappled with.

Seconds from Disaster 9/11 (Wednesday, 7 September at 21:00) winds back the clock to that fateful morning to hear from the FAA agents who tracked the rogue airliners in the minutes before impact and the military officers and F-16 pilots tasked with stopping them.

Inside 9/11: The War Continues (Thursday, 8 September at 21:00) follows the evolution of Al Qaeda in the last ten years, as well as the emergence of key players from other terrorists groups, the numerous terror plots thwarted by officials and the deadly terror attacks that have occurred around the globe since 9/11.

9/11 and The American Dream (Friday, 9 September at 21:00) delves into highly personal, heart-rending global stories of survivors and family members who lost love ones on 9/11.

ALSO READ: A special 3 part series, The 9/11 Decade, coming to Al Jazeera to mark a decade since the attack of 11 September 2001.
ALSO READ: The captivating 6 part documentary series, The Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero, to start on 11 September on the Discovery Channel at 20:55.
ALSO READ: MSNBC to go with 3 hours live coverage on 11 September with America Remembers; announces more special programming.