Programming note: State of Denial documentary coming this week to Al Jazeera, concluding its Libyan downfall TV series.

State of Denial, a must-see documentary this coming week produced and directed by Anne Reevell of Moonbeam Films and executive produced by South Africa's Oscar, Emmy and Bafta winner Jon Blair, will end Al Jazeera's (DStv 406 / TopTV 401) series on Libya: Gadaffi: The End Game.

State of Denial will be shown on Thursday 22 December at 22:00 (South African time) with repeats on Friday 23 December at 14:00, Saturday 24 December at 03:00 and Sunday 26 December at 08:00.

State of Denial explains in forensic detail why the Libyan downfall was not straightforward and examines why, in spite of little public support and a massive international military assault, Gaddafi managed to hang on to power for as long as he did.

The documentary charts the disintegration of Gaddafi's brutal regime through the accounts of the insiders, defectors and military advisers who helped bring it about.