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The Death of Yugoslavia

1995 · 1 season

A sober, archive-driven descent into political collapse, demanding close attention as it reconstructs the logic of a catastrophe.

Created by
Norma Percy
Genres
Documentary, War & politics
Starring
Robin Ellis, Slobodan Milošević, Franjo Tuđman
Overview
The Death of Yugoslavia is a BAFTA-award winning BBC documentary series first broadcast in 1995. It covers the collapse of the former Yugoslavia. It is notable in its combination of never-before-seen archive footage interspersed with interviews of most of the main players in the conflict, including Slobodan Milošević, the then President of Serbia. Norma Percy won the 1996 BAFTA TV Award for 'Best Factual Series' for the documentary. However, it has been argued that it presents a potentially slightly biased point-of-view; for instance during the trial of Milošević before the ICTY in The Hague, Judge Bonomy called the nature of much of the commentary "tendentious" (partisan).

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Free in the UK
  • BBC iPlayer
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Created by
Norma Percy
Genres
Documentary, War & politics
Starring
Robin Ellis, Slobodan Milošević, Franjo Tuđman
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  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
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measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
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  • war
  • politics
  • betrayal
  • power
  • identity
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  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
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  • documentary
  • true story
  • serialised
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  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Genres
documentary, war & politics
Created by
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Written by
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Starring
Robin Ellis, Slobodan Milošević, Franjo Tuđman, Borisav Jović, Momir Bulatović, Stipe Mesić, Radovan Karadžić, Alija Izetbegović
Music
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Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 50 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
Albanian, English, Croatian, Serbo-Croatian, Serbian

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