7/7: The London Bombings

On 7 July 2005, bombs are detonated across London. The police have no idea it's the work of suicide bombers as the prime minister demands answers. Forensic officers carry out a detailed search, but the police still aren't certain of a motive. Meanwhile, the casualty telephone line is inundated as 47,000 people call in the first hour. Can the police find out who did it before they strike again?

After the London bombings, the police and security services are concerned that a new attack is coming. They don't know for certain that the terrorist s killed themselves in the blasts. At the explosion sites, crime investigators pick through wreckage and endure the emotionally taxing task of recovering human remains. As they search, they discover the IDs of two suspects at two different bomb sites

In a major breakthrough, police use CCTV to trace the movements of the bombers. They identify a fourth suspect and begin to search for a reason why these apparently ordinary men killed 52 people. 24 hours later, intelligence leads the police to a London address. They follow a man who they believe could be one of the terrorists to a n underground train station, shooting him dead.

Police believe they've shot one of the London bombers on a tube train. But was he a terrorist or an innocent bystander? A tip - off leads police to a bomb factory, but when they finally locate a suspect, he escapes. A desperate manhunt culminates in armed standoff s between police and terrorists. Two decades on, investigators, rescuers and survivors reveal how the bombings have shaped their lives.