Main content

The Siege by Ben Macintyre Episodes

  1.

    Book of the Week: Episode 10 - Inside the Iranian Embassy Sounds of Battle Reverberate

    10/10 The SAS operation to bring the siege at the Iranian Embassy to an end is underway.

  2. Book of the Week: Episode 9 - Decisive Action Is Taken

    9/10 On day 6 of the siege at the Iranian Embassy the criteria is met for deploying the SAS.

  3. Book of the Week: Episode 8 - The Crisis Escalates

    8/10 Inside the Iranian Embassy the crisis escalates as the sixth day of the siege begins.

  4. Book of the Week: Episode 7 - The SAS Makes a Plan

    7/10 Events inside the Iranian Embassy take a disquieting turn on day 5 of the siege.

  5. Book of the Week: Episode 6 - Negotiations continue

    6/10 Day 4 dawns on the siege at the Iranian Embassy. The SAS assemble their arsenal.

  6. Book of the Week: Episode 5 - A New Threat

    5/10 Day three dawns at the Iranian Embassy, and the hostages wake to a new threat.

  7. Book of the Week: Episode 4 - Day 2 Begins

    4/10 On day two of the 1980 siege at the Iranian Embassy, cutting edge technology is deployed.

  8. Book of the Week: Episode 3 - Day 1 - Night Falls

    3/10 Inside the Iranian embassy the hostages are terrified and the gunmen are volatile.

  9. Book of the Week: Episode 2 - Demands Are Made

    2/10 It鈥檚 April 1980 and 6 gunmen are holding 26 terrified hostages inside the Iranian Embassy.

  10. Book of the Week: Episode 1 - Shots Are Fired

    1/10 The gripping story of the storming of the Iranian Embassy in the spring of 1980.