Arafat: Behind the Myth

Synopsis

Marie Colvin of the ‘Sunday Times’ traces the life of Yassar Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, from childhood to life as a wealthy engineer in Kuwait, through his years of international terrorism, to his attempts to be recognised as a wrold stateman. Family, friends, politicians and enemies speak candidly about him. Interviewees includes King Hussein of Jordan, Abu Iyad, the alleged leader of Black September, Yehoshafat Harkabi, the former head of Israeli military intelligence, and Paul L Bremer, former head of American counter-terrorism.

Series

Behind the Myth, Series

Language

English

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min.

Year of production

1990

Availability

Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Notes

Broadcast on BBC 1 on 5/6/90.

Subjects

History; Politics & government

Keywords

Arafat, Yasser; biographies; Palestine Liberation Organisation

Credits

Director

Anthony Geffen

Cast

John Rowe
Marie Colvin

Sponsor

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Web

https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8433 1009

Address

BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK

Notes

The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’