Hostage Tapes

TV Show

Series using previously unseen police and news clips, along with interviews, to provide a detailed analysis of hostage crises.

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Season 1 Episode 4: Day of the Sniper
The series concludes with the case of unemployed chef Anthony Brookes, who failed in his attempt to shoot his estranged wife and instead took a passer-by hostage. The situation was broadcast live across Toronto's three 24-hour news stations, and worsened by the gunman's refusal to negotiate with the police
Season 1 Episode 3: Bank Raid in Paradise
Footage from the police and the media and interviews with those involved come together to tell the story of a bank raid in a Monteverde bank, Costa Rica. The hold-up soon turned into a massacre as one of the robbers opened fire, before capturing a pregnant woman and her friend to use in negotiations with the police
Season 1 Episode 2: The Live TV Siege
How young and inexperienced news anchor Nikos Evangelatos was forced to act as a negotiator to a hostage-taker who demanded to be put on air, causing the outcome of a siege in an Athens apartment block to be played out live on one of Greece's most prominent news channels

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