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Reporting History

by ITV News · 12 episodes

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ITV News journalists join Tom Bradby to revisit their reports from the most remarkable days in history - and reveal the drama that occurred off camera.

Latest episodes

  1. Peter Wilkinson on filming the darkest days of the Troubles

    Warning: This episode contains distressing details throughout.Over two decades, legendary camera operator Peter Wilkinson filmed footage of the Troubles in Northern Ireland that sh…

    44 min
  2. Paul Davies: How war reporter cheated death during bombing siege of Dubrovnik

    In 1991 the historic city of Dubrovnik came under dramatic siege by land and sea after Croatia claimed independence from the collapsing Yugoslavia.As thousands fled for their lives…

    34 min
  3. James Mates recalls his harrowing 9/11 news coverage from New York

    Twenty-five years on from 9/11, ITV News’s James Mates revisits his chilling coverage of the deadliest terrorist attacks in modern history.An "extraordinary stroke of luck” meant M…

    54 min
  4. Mary Nightingale on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

    On the third of May 2007, three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from her family's apartment on holiday in Praia Da Luz, Portugal. As the frantic search began, Mary Nightingale w…

    36 min
  5. Sir Trevor McDonald relives world-first interview with Nelson Mandela after prison release

    Sir Trevor McDonald has revealed he was ‘terrified’ before sitting down with South African icon Nelson Mandela for the anti-apartheid campaigner’s first televised interview after h…

    30 min
  6. Paul Davies on being trapped in a dramatic TV station siege during the Romanian revolution

    Former ITN Correspondent Paul Davies describes how he brought Romania's revolution to the world in Christmas 1989 amid a dramatic siege on a TV station.Communist dictator Nicolae C…

    30 min
  7. Steve Scott describes travelling with Diana on iconic landmine trip

    ITV News journalist Steve Scott recalls his time with Princess Diana on her trip to Angola, where she walked through a live minefield and brought the world's attention to the lasti…

    25 min
  8. Emma Murphy relives terrifying encounter with shotgun killer Raoul Moat

    This episode contains some distressing details and references to suicide.ITV News journalist Emma Murphy relives her nerve-wracking encounter with the armed and dangerous Raoul Moa…

    31 min
  9. John Ray recounts his escape from being a hostage in Gaddafi's 'last jail'

    War correspondent John Ray was sent to Libya in 2011 to capture the dramatic fall of Colonel Gaddafi in the Arab Spring.Instead he became captured himself: held hostage by the Liby…

    34 min
  10. Nina Nannar describes covering the most shocking Oscars moments

    Arts Editor Nina Nannar has covered countless Oscars ceremonies - and has been on the frontline of its most shocking moments and biggest controversies.Before she set off to LA for…

    32 min
  11. Sir Trevor McDonald interviews Saddam Hussein on the brink of war

    What was it like to interview the world's most notorious dictator as he stood on the brink of war?In new show Reporting History, Sir Trevor McDonald gives the answer to News At Ten…

    43 min
  12. Sneak peek: Sir Trevor McDonald revisits his 1990 interview with Saddam Hussein

    What was it like to interview the world's most feared dictator as he stood on the brink of war?In new show Reporting History, Sir Trevor McDonald gives the answer to Tom Bradby as…

    1 min
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