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We put the Who, the Why and the How on your screen. In a complex world of complex issues, this miracle is called investigative reporting... or how to transform painstaking research into sexy filmmaking? Four programmes, all based on major events in the past, and each of them with its very own style. A team of eight journalists were killed in Peru in 1983. FIRE IN THE ANDES follows their trail into the emergency zone between the government troops and the Shining Path guerillas only to learn that exploring the “no man’s land” means confronting the terrifying reality of Peru today. Germ warfare fifty years ago? This is what UNIT 731-DID THE EMPEROR KNOW? discovered in its well-documented exploration of pre World War II Japan. The reporter does explore that, after careful preparation, Japanese military scientists performed cruel experiments on Allied prisoners. Three workers were killed and later, hundreds contaminated back in 1961 in Idaho: the first nuclear reactor accident in U.s. history. SL 1 combines drama and documentary based on the investigation of available documents and witnesses in an attempt to recreate, not only the accident, but the reasons leading to it. A safety valve burst at the chemical plant in Seveso, Italy, ten years ago, exposing the entire village to deadly dioxin. THE SEVESO HERITAGE documents the continuing uncertainty and fear of the people of Seveso, despite the official explanation.