The Death of Yugoslavia

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).

Episodes

Enter Nationalism

S01E01 Enter Nationalism

September 3, 1995 8.0 50 min
Nationalist feelings are let loose in Yugoslavia. Especially in Kosovo Serb nationalist are pressing the central authority. Milosevic starts out in Tito's spirit trying to deal with the problems without acknowledging the Kosovo-serbs claim that...
The Road to War

S01E02 The Road to War

September 10, 1995 8.0 50 min
Croatia tries to strenghten its independence in the federation. Episodes of violence between Croats and Serbs leads to a state of emergency. The US ambassador puts some pressure on to stop the use of military...
Wars of Independence

S01E03 Wars of Independence

September 17, 1995 8.0 50 min
June 25 1991 Croatia and Slovenia declares their independence. The European Community tries to intervene. Serbian militia groups take control of a series of towns and villages. Internal conflict in Croatia. The extreme nationalists wants...
The Gates of Hell

S01E04 The Gates of Hell

September 24, 1995 8.0 50 min
Bosnian Serbs wants to stop all claims for an independent Bosnian state. Sarajevo is controlled by different militias. The Bosnian Serbs takes control of the hills around the city. Franjo Tudjman, the Croatian president proposes...
A Safe Area

S01E05 A Safe Area

October 1, 1995 8.0 50 min
The episode starts with Lord Owen coming to Sarajevo in december 1992 saying to the media: "Don't, don't, don't live under this dream that the west is going to come here and solve this problem....
Pax Americana

S01E06 Pax Americana

October 8, 1995 8.0 50 min
In 1995 Srebrenica is under siege for the third year in a row. The international community is talking about what to do. Holbrooke becomes the envoy from the USA. In august 1995 Bosnian Serbs are...

Cast

Robin Ellis
Robin Ellis
Narrator
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević
Self
Franjo Tuđman
Franjo Tuđman
Self
Borisav Jović
Borisav Jović
Self
Momir Bulatović
Momir Bulatović
Self
Stipe Mesić
Stipe Mesić
Self
Radovan Karadžić
Radovan Karadžić
Self
Alija Izetbegović
Alija Izetbegović
Self
Aleksandar Vasiljević
Aleksandar Vasiljević
Self

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