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World's Richest Terror Army

Documentary as part of The Big Stories: 2015. The inside story of how a small band of fanatical jihadists became the world's richest terror army.

Part of The Big Stories: 2015. The inside story of how a small band of fanatical jihadi fighters became the world's richest terror army ever. Featuring the first major TV interview with an imprisoned senior leader of the so-called Islamic State, Peter Taylor looks behind its medieval savagery and investigates how it became so fabulously rich and resilient.

50 minutes

Last on

Sun 3 Jan 201615:10GMT
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Credits

ReporterPeter Taylor
ProducerMike Rudin
DirectorMike Rudin
Series ProducerSarah Waldron
Executive ProducerSam Bagnall

Broadcasts

  • Sat 30 May 201509:10GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Sat 30 May 201521:10GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Sun 31 May 201502:10GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Sun 31 May 201515:10GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Sat 2 Jan 201609:10GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Sat 2 Jan 201620:10GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Sun 3 Jan 201602:10GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Sun 3 Jan 201615:10GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD

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  • 2015: The Big Stories

    BBC World News showcases some of the most interesting and revealing documentaries of 2015.