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In the spring of 2023, twenty years after the Americans, the British and their allies invaded to overthrow Saddam Hussein, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ International Editor Jeremy Bowen was reporting from Iraq for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ. He described the invasion as 'a catastrophe'.

Taking you to some of the most difficult stories Jeremy and other journalists have covered; in this episode - why impartiality is not about trying to get perfect balance, the truth lying somewhere in the middle.  Often it does not.  

Jeremy speaks with: journalist Rana Rahimpour who was born in Iran but left when she was 25 to work for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ; former ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ bureau chief Milton Nkosi, who grew up under apartheid in Soweto, South Africa; journalist and environmentalist George Monbiot, and CNN's Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour.

Presenter: Jeremy Bowen
Producer: Georgia Catt
Assistant Producer: Sam Peach
Additional research: Rob Byrne
Series mixing: Jackie Margerum
Series Editor: Philip Sellars