The Iraq War

The people at the top of the CIA and Saddam Hussein's foreign minister describe just how the US and Britain got it so wrong about Saddam's weapons of mass destruction before the invasion. Tony Blair recounts how he flew to US President Gerge W Bush's private retreat at Camp David to go head to head with US Vice-President Dick Cheney. Colin Powell explains how he came to make his disastrous presentation to the United Nations. Foreign secretary Jack Straw describes how he - and even Bush himself - tried to persuade Tony UK Prime Minister Blair that to join in the invasion was political suicide.

The last episode in this three-part series brings the Iraq story up to date. Tony Blair and Dick Cheney describe how they responded as horrific sectarian violence overtook Iraq. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw tells how he and Condoleeza Rice compelled Iraq's prime minister to resign. Other key insiders reveal how they selected and supported his replacement.

In part two, key insiders describe the chaotic aftermath of the defeat of Saddam Hussein. Dick Cheney and Colin Powell come to blows over America's role as occupying power, and General David Petraeus recalls the disastrous decision to disband the Iraqi army.