- Stephen A Bennett
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A self shooting observational documentary producer/director making engaging, thought-provoking films about real people, often filming over extended timeframes.
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A compelling plea for understanding of the mental strain placed on soldiers in war
Times
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This is a love story as much as it is one about war and death
Saga Magzine
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An exercise in morality that’s impossible to judge from a sofa
Telegraph
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Forensically produced… gripping
Guardian
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Granular and accessible
The Guardian
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A watershed series
The National
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Approaching its subject with the sort of clear-eyed narrative focus normally found in Alex Gibney’s films
Scotsman
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A terrifying masterpiece
Sunday Times
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“A gripping, poignant and moving portrayal of a dark decade”
The National
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“Utterly compelling”
Guardian
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“There won’t be a better documentary series this year. Brilliant”
Daily Record
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“Everything you’d want such a bleakly necessary documentary to be”
Guardian
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“Stephen Bennett’s laudable film... adds profound humanity by offering a voice to those affected”
Telegraph
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‘Funny, heartbreaking and compellingly violent’
Radio Times
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‘It makes an interesting contribution to how disabled people are portrayed on television.’
The Sunday Herald
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‘an outstanding and important piece of television’
Paul Whitelaw, Journalist
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‘Hair-raising…the lost boys found a voice’
The Sunday Herald
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‘Bricks (to chuck at the screen) and ice (to cool your boiling blood) at the ready’
Sunday Herald
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‘A harrowing case of ‘Lord of the Flies’ bullying’
Daily Express
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‘A heartbreaking, troubling documentary... A powerful depiction of despair and neglect’
Scotsman
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“A poised and moving study in cause and effect”
Daily Record
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‘I urge you to seek it out for an unvarnished, unsentimental and angry exposition of the nation’s ills’
The Times
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‘You’ll never hear anything like that on Panorama, and that’s exactly why his programme is needed’
The Herald