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Denial

Author Deborah Lipstadt and her legal team battle to prove that the Holocaust did take place when Deborah is sued for libel by English author David Irving, a denier.

In 1993 Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books published Denying the Holocaust. Two years later the English author David Irving sued her for libel on the grounds that her book had ruined his once well-regarded career as an historian by accusing him of deliberately distorting historical facts. The resulting court case puts the onus on her legal team to prove that the Holocaust did indeed take place. Based on a true story.

1 hour, 42 minutes

Last on

Tue 24 Jan 202323:15

Credits

RoleContributor
DirectorMick Jackson
Deborah LipstadtRachel Weisz
Richard RamptonTom Wilkinson
David IrvingTimothy Spall
Anthony JuliusAndrew Scott
James LisbonJack Lowden
Laura TylerCaren Pistorius
Sir Charles GrayAlex Jennings
Vera ReichHarriet Walter
Prof. Robert Jan van der PeltMark Gatiss
Prof. Richard EvansJohn Sessions
WriterDavid Hare
WriterDeborah Lipstadt

Broadcasts

  • Sat 4 May 201922:45
  • Tue 24 Jan 202323:15