Dirty War is a 2004 British Broadcasting Corporation, in association with HBO Films, made-for-TV movie thriller/drama about a terrorist attack on Central London, written by Lizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival. It was originally broadcast on BBC One on September 24, 2004, on HBO on January 24, 2005, and the first time on American broadcast television on PBS on February 23, 2005. It won a BAFTA Award for Best New Director (Fiction), Daniel Percival. Elizabeth Mickery is a British actress best known for her role as Maggie Thorpe in the BBC television drama series Tenko. ... Dr Shamshad Akhtar was appointed by the President of Pakistan as the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan for three years in December 2005. ... Louise Delamere (born 1974) is a British actress most famous as Lia in the Channel 4 comedy drama, No Angels. ... Ewan Stewart as 1st Officer William McMaster Murdoch in the 1997 film Titanic. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... ISO 4217 Code GBP User(s) United Kingdom Inflation 2. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ... HBO Films is a division of the cable television network HBO that produces feature films and miniseries. ... A television movie (also known as a TV film, TV movie, TV-movie, feature-length drama, made-for-TV movie, movie of the week (MOTW or MOW), single drama, telemovie, telefilm, or two-hour-long drama) is a film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network. ... The thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television that includes numerous, often-overlapping sub-genres. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the primary channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States, with some member stations available by cable in Canada. ...

The film opens with a June 2003 quote from E. Manningham Buller, director general (DG) of MI5,: “It will only be a matter of time before a crude chemical, biological or radiological (CBRN) attack is launched on a major western city” and provides the basic premise for the film. The Honourable Elizabeth Lydia Manningham-Buller (born July 14, 1948) is the current Director-General of MI5, the British internal national security agency, appointed in October 2002. ... The Director-General of MI5 is the head of the Security Service (MI5), the United Kingdoms internal counter terrorism and counter espionage service. ... Current MI5 headquarters in Thames House, London The Security Service, usually called MI5, is the British counter-intelligence and security agency. ...

The film follows the journey of radioactive material, hidden in vegetable oil containers, from Habiller, Turkey, (~210 KM west of Istanbul) through Sofia, Bulgaria, to Deptford, to a East End Indian food takeaway restaurant, and to a rented house in Willesden, where it assembled into a Dirty bomb. Radioactive decay is the set of various processes by which unstable atomic nuclei (nuclides) emit subatomic particles. ... Vegetable oil redirects here. ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: Konstandinoúpoli, historically known in English as Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and economic centre. ... Position of Sofia in Bulgaria Coordinates: Country Bulgaria Province Sofia-City Mayor Boyko Borisov Area    - City 1,310 km²  - Land (?) km²  - Water (?) km² Elevation 550 m Population    - City (12 June 2006) 1,203,680  - Density 907/km²  - Metro 1,326,377 Time zone EET (UTC+2) EEST (UTC+3) Website... Deptford is an area of the London Borough of Lewisham, on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east London. ... The East End of London, known locally as the East End, is an area, with no formal authority or boundaries, that spans a number of administative districts of London in England. ... Indian cuisine is distinguished by its sophisticated use of spices and herbs and the influence of the longstanding and widespread practice of vegetarianism in Indian society. ... Take-out, carry-out ( in American English ) or take-away ( in British English ) is food purchased at a restaurant but eaten elsewhere. ... Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to order, to be consumed on the premises. ... Willesden is an area in North West London which forms part of the London Borough of Brent. ... The term dirty bomb is primarily used to refer to a Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD), a radiological weapon which combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. ...

When the first bomb goes off in the heart of London near Liverpool Street station, the city's inadequate emergency services plans are put to an immediate test - with disturbing results for a population ill-prepared to understand or obey anti-contamination and quarantine orders. Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station and connected London Underground station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, the main financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself. ... Emergency services are public services that deal with emergencies and other aspects of Public Safety. ...

In addition to touching upon the motivations of the Islamic extremist terrorists to conduct a Martyrdom operation, the events are shown through the eyes of three principle groups. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... A martyrdom operation is a suicide bombing. ...

Nicola Painswick, Minister for London, and Deputy Assistant Commissioner (DAC) John Ives (Ewan Stewart), of the Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Branch, present a governmental point of view. Ewan Stewart as 1st Officer William McMaster Murdoch in the 1997 film Titanic. ... SO13 or Specialist Operations - Anti-Terrorist Branch is a branch of Scotland Yard. ...

Watch Commander Murray Corrigan of the London Fire Brigade, and his wife Liz Corrigan, who works for the National Health Service, present two viewpoints. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) provides fire fighting and rescue services in London, UK. It is the third largest fire department in the world with nearly 7000 staff. ... The logo of the NHS for England. ...

Detective Sergeant (DS) Mike Drummer and Detective Constable (DC) Sameena Habibullah lead the Police investigation to catch the terrorists before the bombs are detonated. DC Habibullah, as an English Muslim/Muslimah Police officer from Luton, who in addition to English, speaks: Urdu, Punjabi, and Arabic, presents a very unique point of view throughout the film. The English are an ethnic group or nation primarily associated with England and the English language. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... A police officer is a person who works for a police force. ... Town crest Luton is a large town and local government district in England, located 51 km (32 miles) north of London. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Punjabi (also Panjabi; in Gurmukhī, Panjābī in Shāhmukhī) is the language of the Punjabi people and the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic and Aramaic. ...