10 Days to War - Season 1

Ten days remain until war. While Tony Blair is given a TV grilling by a group of anti-war women, one of the government's senior lawyers has a personal crisis and plans her resignation.

There are nine days left until war. In the hills of Northern Iraq, a coalition of religious, political and military leaders meet to discuss how they will run the country in the aftermath of war.

General Tim Cross is the British deputy at the US led Office of Reconstruction and Huminatarian Aid (ORHA) in Washington. He returns toLondon to explain that the plans for post-war reconstruction are in a mess. Will anyone listen?

A diplomatic battle is raging at the UN. The British and Americans are lobbying for a second resolution that will authorise war.Other countries want to give the weapons inspectors more time to find the weapons of mass destruction.

Riots claim the streets of Iraq. One community fights the radical Islamists recruiting young men for jihad.

Three days are left until war. A group of UN weapons inspectors visit Saddam's home town, Tikrit.

It is the day of the Commons vote. Two MPs are being pressured by a whip to vote for war, and face crises of conscience. Their decisions will seal the fate of their Prime Minister.

24 hours remain until war. Colonel Tim Collins is the charismatic commander of the Royal Irish Regiment stationed on the Kuwait/Iraq border.Collins rallies his troops with a speech that comes to be celebrated round the world for its ferocity. But is his regiment really as ready for war as his rhetoric threatens?