''Iran and the West'' a three-part British documentary series shown in February 2009 on

BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...

to mark the 30th anniversary of the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

. The first episode was shown at 9:00pm on Saturday 7 February with parts two and three shown on consecutive Saturdays. The documentary looks at the relationship between

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

and the countries of the west and features interviews with politicians who have played significant roles in events involving Iran,

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

and the United States since 1979. The series is produced by

Norma Percy Norma Percy is an American-born, documentary film maker and producer. The documentaries she has produced in collaboration with Brian Lapping have covered many of the crises of the 20th Century. In 2010, she was awarded the Orwell Prize Special ...

, whose previous series include ''

The Death of Yugoslavia ''The Death of Yugoslavia'' (broadcast as ''Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation'' in the US) is a BBC documentary series first broadcast in September and October 1995, and returning in June 1996. It is also the title of a BBC book by Allan Little and ...

'' and '' Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace''. Like her previous series, ''Iran and the West'' relies extensively on interviews with key players involved in the issue. It won a

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

in 2009 "for its eminently watchable and historically invaluable examination of one of the world’s most intractable hotspots."69th Annual Peabody Awards
May 2010.

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TV review: ''Iran and the West'' (BBC2)
''The Telegraph'', 9 February 2009

''The Independent'', 9 February 2009 2009 British television series debuts 2009 British television series endings Documentary films about Iran Documentary television series about war Peabody Award-winning television programs BBC television documentaries about history during the 20th Century BBC television documentaries about history during the 21st Century {{Hist-documentary-stub

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