[ RadSafe ] Dirty War" will be aired soon on PBS

[William.Tuttle at med.va.gov]

Is this a remake/update of the NOVA episode aired February 25, 2003?

>From the NOVA web page:  "The program dramatizes two credible attack
scenarios based on sophisticated models developed by radiation experts.
These models are then played out in two major cities, Washington and London,
with results that are both frightening and sobering"

As I recall the emphasis was on the economic impact.

My opinion, not that of the government

William K. Tuttle III, PhD
RSO
Portland VA Medical Center



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Subject: [ RadSafe ] Dirty War" will be aired soon on PBS 


Dirty War" will be aired soon on PBS also, see press release extract below:

In an unprecedented arrangement, three provocative films from Home Box
Office will be distributed through PBS for broadcast television following
their HBO premiere, announced jointly today by Chris Albrecht, chairman and
CEO, Home Box Office, and Pat Mitchell, president and CEO, PBS. In addition,
HBO and PBS member station WETA Washington, D.C., will co-produce, along
with the Council on Foreign Relations, related panel discussions to follow
each film on PBS, featuring leading experts and moderated by noted
journalist Jeff Greenfield, to follow each film on PBS.

"These movies address three of the most important issues of the 21st
century, including nuclear terrorism, global AIDS and genocide in Africa,"
said Albrecht. "We are pleased to expand the audience for these
extraordinary films by offering them to PBS viewers, and we're proud to help
illuminate each subject with discussions by leading experts in those
fields."

Noted Mitchell, "PBS' mandate is to foster an engaged, informed citizenry
through content that offers insight and sparks meaningful dialogue. These
films do just that, and we are pleased to partner with HBO to extend the
value of the films through televised panel discussions of these critical
global issues. As the nation's largest public service broadcaster, reaching
nearly every household in America, we're proud to present these important
films on PBS and allow them to reach an even wider audience."

Colin Callender, president of HBO Films, added, "We are always looking for
innovative ways to bring HBO Films to a wider audience. Along with our
successful ventures into theatrical release, this partnership with PBS is a
bold and exciting way of doing that."

The first film, DIRTY WAR, tells the fictional story of a radiological
"dirty bomb" attack on central London and debuts Monday, January 24 on HBO.
DIRTY WAR is scheduled for Wednesday, February, 23 on PBS. Directed by Dan
Percival who wrote the screenplay with Lizzie Mickery, this HBO Films/BBC
Films production is based on extensive research by the BBC factual
department and asks the questions: Are our emergency services fully prepared
for a nuclear attack? How much does the public have a right to know?

The PBS presentation of DIRTY WAR in February will be followed by a
half-hour panel discussion with experts in homeland security, emergency
preparedness, nuclear weapons and terrorism.



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