Iran and Britain

Documentary in which writer and journalist Christopher de Bellaigue explores the
fraught but often surprisingly intimate history of Britain's relations with Iran, and
asks why Iranians think that if something goes wrong in Iran then Britain must have
something to do with it.

De Bellaigue has lived in Tehran, speaks fluent Persian and knows well the phenomenon
of 'Uncle Napoleonism', the notion that the cunning British are 'out to get you' that
has been a common attitude in Iranian society for 100 years.

He looks at some key events in the relationship, notably Britain's role in the
overthrow of several Iranian governments, its control of Iran's oil and the on-off
support for Iran's democrats.

Meeting prominent Iranians, including Uncle Napoleon's inventor and others with direct
knowledge of these events, he examines the foundations and justification for these
Iranian suspicions and asks if they are still there after 30 years of isolation.

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