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8.8/10 Documentary Heaven Edited by Dawn Griffiths First episode date 1995 | 8.6/10 IMDb Network BBC One | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Norma PercyExecutive producerBrian LappingNicholas FraserAssociate producerTihomir Loza Cinematography Robert AndrejasRay BrislinFrançois PaumardMarkan RadeljicAlexandar Stipic Release date 3 September 1995 (1995-09-03) Awards British Academy Television Award for Best Factual Series, Peabody Award Similar Blood of the Vikings, Pandora's Box, Timewatch, Seven Ages of Britain, James May's 20th Century | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Death of Yugoslavia is a BBC documentary series first broadcast in 1995, and it is also the title of a BBC book by Allan Little and Laura Silber that accompanies the series. It covers the collapse of Yugoslavia, the subsequent wars and the signing of the final peace accords. It uses a combination of archived footage interspersed with interviews with most of the main players in the conflict, including Slobodan Milošević, Radovan Karadžić, Franjo Tuđman and Alija Izetbegović, as well as members of the International political community, who were active in the various peace initiatives.
The series was awarded a BAFTA award in 1996 for Best Factual Series. It also won the 1995 Peabody Award. Interviews for the series have been used by ICTY in war crimes prosecutions.
All the papers relating to the documentary series, including the full transcripts of the interviews, are lodged at the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College, University of London.
During the trial of Slobodan Milošević before the ICTY, Judge Bonomy referred to "the tendentious nature of much of the commentary".
Edits
The series was later re-edited and released in three parts:
- "Enter Milošević"
- "The Croats Strike Back"
- "The Struggle for Bosnia"
In another edit, it was broadcast as a feature-length single documentary.