Manchester: The Night Of The Bomb

This 60 minute documentary by AMOS Pictures is a powerfully dramatic retelling of the 2017 terrorist attack for BBC Two.

On May 22 2017 a Manchester-born man detonated a homemade bomb at an Ariana Grande pop concert, killing twenty-two people and himself. It was Britain’s deadliest terrorist attack since 7/7. The documentary tells the story of that night in forensic detail, through the eyes of teenage girls who survived the attack, witnesses and key members of the emergency services. It features unseen mobile phone video and unheard audio recordings and has exclusive access to the emergency services.

The film also explores the identity and motives of the suicide bomber. Featuring interviews with counter-terrorism police and his friends from South Manchester, the film sheds light on what may have led Salman Abedi, a 22-year-old Manchester boy of Libyan parentage, to target a group of children attending a concert celebrating the independence and empowerment of young women.

Dan Reed, Executive Producer (AMOS), says: “Jamie wanted to tell this story through the eyes of the girls who went to the concert - very young girls in their early teens who were caught up in Britain's worst terror attack since 7/7. But the film ended up being even richer and broader than that, with powerful reveals about the bomber himself and the challenges faced by the emergency services. But fundamentally it’s a spellbinding tale about a group of girls who went to a concert and were blown up by a 22-year-old who grew up just down the road from the concert hall.”

The production company is AMOS Pictures. Produced and Directed by Jamie Roberts (The Jihadis Next door, War Child), Senior Producer Owen Phillips (Panorama: Fake Sheikh Exposed), Executive Produced by Dan Reed (The Paedophile Hunter, 3 Days of Terror) and commissioned by Gian Quaglieni.

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