Pick of the week
Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers
There has been no shortage of documentaries and dramas commemorating the 20th anniversary of the awful events around the 7/7 bombings in 2005. So while they were clearly a pivotal moment in British history, it’s a challenge to find a point of difference. Liza Williams’s series benefits from taking a considered view of how the attacks felt to British Muslims and also hears from former PM Tony Blair and Eliza Manningham-Buller, director general of MI5 at the time of the attacks. The big-picture insights are fascinating, but it’s the tiny details – such as the first responder who, out of respect, resolved to move victims’ bodies “as if they were asleep” – that really stick in the mind.
Netflix, from Tuesday 1 July
