0:00:02 > 0:00:06This programme contains some strong language
0:00:28 > 0:00:30I'm in a hotel in Jalalabad.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34The reason that I'm here is that the Taliban have invited me
0:00:34 > 0:00:36to film their training camps.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40I'm also hoping to meet Al-Qaeda,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43more specifically, the people who trained the London bombers.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51It's taken months to negotiate this access
0:00:51 > 0:00:53and now it's finally happening.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57We cross the border into Pakistan tomorrow,
0:00:57 > 0:00:59er, into the tribal lands
0:00:59 > 0:01:01and that'll be the point of no return.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06After that, I'll be in the hands of the Taliban.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19I'm in a hotel in Jalalabad.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Er, I'm in a hotel in Jalalabad.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28This has taken months of negotiat...
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Tomorrow we cross the border into Pakistan.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38After that...
0:01:39 > 0:01:41..I'm in the hands of the Taliban.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47PHONE RINGS
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- 'Hello.- Is Anabel there?
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- 'Hi. How's it going?- Great.'
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Really good.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59The boys all right?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01'The boys are fine.'
0:02:01 > 0:02:04- Why? What's wrong?- 'Nothing.'
0:02:04 > 0:02:07It's the last chance I'll have to call for a while.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Is he there?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17You know he is.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18So you can't talk, then?
0:02:21 > 0:02:23I'm all talked out, Sean.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Well, give my love to the boys.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35I'll do that.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Bye, then.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- 'Daddy.- Hiya.'
0:02:49 > 0:02:53I've got something that I need to talk to you about.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56I'm going to go away and make a film.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00So, I'm not going to see you guys for a little while.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Will you be back for my birthday?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Wouldn't miss that, would I?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08He's having a party.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12LAUGHS I know. And I'm going to be there, I promise.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15And I've got another promise I'm going to make.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19After I've made this film, I'm going to stay at home
0:03:19 > 0:03:21and I'm going to write a book,
0:03:21 > 0:03:25which means that I get to see you guys every day.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Don't make promises you can't keep, Sean.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Shall we dance?
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Come on.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Come on.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Well, we've been driving now for about three and a half hours.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10There's no checkpoints on the road, no army, no police.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Er, we're in the tribal lands.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17The most politically sensitive,
0:04:18 > 0:04:20the most dangerous place in the world.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22We can always turn back.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25On a scoop like this, that's not an option, Sami.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- I know.- What does Haji think?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30He thinks we are both crazy.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32SEAN LAUGHS
0:04:32 > 0:04:34What could possibly go wrong?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Come on, you got to love it.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Erm.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01We are waiting for a Taliban contact for the training camps.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Er, the Pakistan government have always denied the existence
0:05:06 > 0:05:08of these camps, but young Muslims,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11born and educated in Britain, go there.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14And that's what we're going to try and prove.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17That the tribal lands are a safe haven for terrorists.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22This waiting's the worst part.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24They're worried that...
0:05:25 > 0:05:27..I might be part of an ambush.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29And I'm worried...
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Well, I'm worried about a lot of things.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Sean.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38They are here.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51THEY SPEAK IN PASHTO
0:05:58 > 0:05:59As-salaam alaikum.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Turn camera off, Sean.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Give me your passport and phone.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08You speak English.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Passport and phone.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17There you go.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Who's that guy?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Is he Taliban? Dressed like that?
0:06:25 > 0:06:27SPEAKS IN PASHTO
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I have to go, it's OK, it's OK.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Where are you taking Sami?
0:06:58 > 0:07:04You travel separately for your own safety and for our safety, OK?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07What about our driver?
0:07:07 > 0:07:08You don't need him anymore.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35From here, pilgrim, we walk.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Do you mind?
0:07:44 > 0:07:46No, I understand.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Get going, pilgrim.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Sit down.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55As-salaam alaikum. Thank you.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Tell me why you are here.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Oh, well, I have a letter of introduction from Mullah Aleifa.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Tell me why you are here.
0:09:16 > 0:09:22Well, I think it's important that the world hears from the Taliban,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25that the world understands the Taliban point of view.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29The Taliban welcome foreign journalists.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33We want the world to know we are fighting for our rights.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38There can only be one winner. The Taliban. Do you know why?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43We are not afraid of death.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Are you afraid to die, Mr Langan?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Er, yes.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00We need to do some checking, we have to be very careful, you understand.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04You can rest here tonight and maybe tomorrow, maybe in a few days,
0:10:04 > 0:10:07you can visit our training camps and interview our leaders.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09What would you like for breakfast?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Oh, er, boiled egg.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13A boiled egg.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Bloody good stuff.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Good night, Mr Langan.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Erm.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Can I have my camera back?
0:10:23 > 0:10:24No.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28This way, pilgrim.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Well, thank you.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54What's this?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56This is progress, pilgrim.
0:10:56 > 0:11:02Bed for the night, en suite bathroom, toilet, shower.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Erm, could you leave the flashlight?
0:11:05 > 0:11:09What's the matter, pilgrim? Afraid of the dark?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14All mod cons.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Where did you learn to speak English?
0:11:18 > 0:11:19In England.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56"Friday, March 28th. What a day.
0:11:59 > 0:12:06"Taliban, guns, blindfolded, expecting a bullet in the head,
0:12:06 > 0:12:07"but I'm here.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11"Months of preparation and I'm finally here."
0:12:40 > 0:12:42As-salaam alaikum.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44SPEAKS IN PASHTO
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Thank you.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01"Saturday, March 29th.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04"Locked in this room all day.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10"There's no sign of Sami.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13"I'm still hopeful everything will be OK,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15"I'll be granted an interview and make a good film.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18"I'm buoyed by the idea,
0:13:18 > 0:13:22"being the first western hack to film the training camps."
0:13:25 > 0:13:30Once upon a time, there was a fearless journalist,
0:13:30 > 0:13:37a man so brave he would go where lesser journalists feared to tread.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Is that you, Daddy?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42That's me, Gabriel.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47DOOR IS UNLOCKED
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Hey, Sami.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53- Thank, fuck.- Yeah.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- Are you all right? - Yeah, you?- Yeah.- Good.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00What do you think?
0:14:01 > 0:14:05I don't know, Sean. This does not feel right, you know.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07They're just checking us out.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09You think?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Yeah.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Yeah.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Yeah, of course.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- As-salaam alaikum.- Salaam alaikum.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36SPEAKS IN PASHTO
0:15:08 > 0:15:12He wants to know if people in the West have sex with animals.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Even small animals.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29He has seen a book about a Western women who marries a frog.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32A frog?
0:15:32 > 0:15:38Sean, I've also seen this book, a woman kissing a frog.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Was he wearing a little, gold crown on his little, green head
0:15:46 > 0:15:48like a prince?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51It's a fucking fairy story, Sami, it's not real.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Young British Muslims are being inspired by people like this,
0:16:00 > 0:16:02who want Islamic rule over all the Earth.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Ask him, ask him if he's fighting Jihad cos he thinks we fuck frogs.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11SEAN LAUGHS
0:16:20 > 0:16:22SHOUTING
0:16:23 > 0:16:26THEY SHOUT IN PASHTO
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Don't worry about him, not your problem, he's a traitor.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41You, we've not decided yet, there will be investigation.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Then we decide.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54I think we have a problem.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Argh.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Shit.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26What is the matter?
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Do you know what, Sami?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31I've stayed in a lot nicer places.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Look on the bright side, Sean,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50if the Taliban cut off your head, you'll be world famous.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58You could get an award named after you.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01The Sean Langan award for stupid bravery,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04a legend in his own autofocus.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Everybody dies.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Why go looking for it?
0:18:18 > 0:18:19DOOR IS UNLOCKED
0:18:25 > 0:18:27So, my friend, sit, sit.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32You, sit down.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Ah.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36How are you, my friend?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Ah, well, I've been better.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Look what I brought you.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46A radio.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49BBC World Service, make you feel at home.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Iranian toffees.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00Toilet rolls. Should make you feel more bloody comfortable, yes?
0:19:02 > 0:19:03Erm.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05How long?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Few days, few days more.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Why the delay?
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Read this.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Shampoo.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Toothbrush.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Read the questions, write down your answers, I will read your answers.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Then we shall see.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Tomorrow.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51What is it, Sami? What is it?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54We are under arrest.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59Charged with spying for foreign enemy government.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01By order of the Taliban.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02We've been kidnapped.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05No, Sean.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08We are dead.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38You work for British intelligence.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39No.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43I work for a British television company called Channel 4.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47You admit contact with British and American military forces.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Well, I'm a journalist, that's my job.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56You admit contact with government agents and Afghan national police.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Look, I've got nothing to hide.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03You can see my films on the Internet, anybody can.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08This question you have left blank.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10The names of your children.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12What are the names of your children?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15I'm not telling you the names of my children.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17You must answer all of the questions.
0:21:17 > 0:21:23I'm not dragging my children into this dark business.
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Answer the question!
0:21:26 > 0:21:27No.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34If you do not answer the question, he'll be forced to shoot you!
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Tell him, Sean. What does it matter?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39It matters to me.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- You have five seconds to answer the question!- Sean.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- Four seconds.- Please.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- Three seconds.- Sean, tell him.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55You are prepared to die for this, huh?
0:21:55 > 0:21:58And I thought you were intelligent.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00My children don't belong here.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03If you refuse to answer the question,
0:22:03 > 0:22:04he'll be forced to shoot him.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09This is no place for my children.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12This is out of my hands.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15He means it, Sean, tell him.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21All right.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25You want to know the names of my children?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28My five-year-old son is called Luke
0:22:28 > 0:22:31and my three-year-old son is called Gabriel.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Luke and Gabriel.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42SPEAKS IN PASHTO
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Satisfied?
0:22:55 > 0:22:59The Shura will consider your answers and reach a verdict.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Until then, you are a guest of Gul Jan.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18We've got to get out.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22They are going to kill us.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24We've got to get out.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28If we can get to Peshawar,
0:23:28 > 0:23:33if we can do that, I know a guy who can get us to Kunar.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35And once we get to Kunar, we should be safe.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38If we can only get to Peshawar.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Look, that's great, Sami, but we've got to get out of the room first.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45We kill the guard.
0:23:45 > 0:23:51- When he come bring food, we kill the bastard.- OK.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53How do you propose we kill the bastard?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00The lamp.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04You hit him with the lamp, you smash glass in his eye.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07I get his knife, slit his throat.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09OK.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Then what?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13We're in the most dangerous place in the world,
0:24:13 > 0:24:15surrounded by the Taliban.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Or we wait here to die like a dog.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23I'm not a violent man, Sami.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Then, we are already dead.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31No. We have to try and talk our way out.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Get Gul Jan on our side.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37I think he's a decent man.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43If we can convince him to let us make a phone call,
0:24:43 > 0:24:44that's our hope.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50I want to be buried in my own clothes.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Oh, come on.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Come on, Sami.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02I can't do this without you.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16"Friday, April 4th.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21"I'm writing this journal for my children,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23"I think about my children all of the time.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34"My biggest fear isn't dying, my biggest fear is dying in the dark.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36"We keep the light burning.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38"If they come in the night to slit my throat,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40"I want to see them coming."
0:25:45 > 0:25:47As-salaam alaikum.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00It's all right, Sami, room service.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Come on, Sami. You got to eat.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19You know, Sami, in America on death row,
0:26:21 > 0:26:25they let you choose whatever you want to eat before they kill you.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30You can have anything you like.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33What would you have, Sami?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37A lamb kebab.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42You can have anything you like.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Your last meal on Earth.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51I'd have...
0:26:52 > 0:26:57..oysters on ice with lemon juice and Tabasco...
0:26:59 > 0:27:02..and caviar and blinis and sour cream.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06And lobster.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14And I'd wash it all down with a nice, chilled Chablis.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21I like lamb kebab.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41"Sunday, April 6th.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45"Gabriel's birthday.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50"Day of despair.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54"What'll he think?
0:27:57 > 0:27:59"What'll he think when I don't even call?
0:28:02 > 0:28:05"Will he think I don't love him anymore?"
0:28:13 > 0:28:14Once upon a time,
0:28:16 > 0:28:22there was a fearless journalist who flew too close to the sun
0:28:22 > 0:28:26and, just like Icarus, he crashed...
0:28:26 > 0:28:28'Crashed.'
0:28:28 > 0:28:30And he burned.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34And fell to Earth.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59It's Gul Jan, Sami. This is it.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- What do you want to do? - Er, talk to him, win him over.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14- As-salaam alaikum. - Wa alaikum assalaam.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17Thank you.
0:29:17 > 0:29:23Er, please, Gul Jan, please, sit down, join us.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03Gul Jan, this is very good.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07Gul Jan,
0:30:07 > 0:30:12I know I'm an uninvited guest in your house.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15You know I don't want to be here.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18I know you don't want me here.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21The Taliban have done this to us.
0:30:21 > 0:30:27They've taken my camera and my liberty and my dignity.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30But I don't care.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34All I want to do now is survive.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40I've seen you, Gul Jan, with your children, your children.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42CHILD LAUGHS
0:30:44 > 0:30:48All I want to do now is to see my children.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Can you, can you tell him, please, Sami?
0:30:54 > 0:30:58SAMI TRANSLATES
0:31:13 > 0:31:15He says he is sorry.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42From my uncle Gul Jan.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Thank you.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47My name's Aqil, I'm learning English.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52My uncle says do you play chess?
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Ah-ha.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01"And behold a pale horse
0:32:01 > 0:32:03"And his name that rode upon him was Death.
0:32:03 > 0:32:08"And hell and fury followed after him."
0:32:12 > 0:32:14You like music?
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Yes, everybody likes music.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Not the Taliban. They banned music.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Well, they also banned chess.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30My uncle's not the Taliban, he's a good man, he wants you to know this.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Well, then why is he keeping us here?
0:32:34 > 0:32:36It's not my uncle's choice.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44"Thursday, May 8th.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49"This morning under the shower, I had the irrational fear
0:32:49 > 0:32:53"that if the soap runs out, my life runs out."
0:33:06 > 0:33:07HE SPEAKS IN PASHTO
0:33:14 > 0:33:16"Friday, May 9th.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19"Thinking of Anabel all day."
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Stay here with me, get a job in London.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Help me bring up your children, our children.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27When's Daddy coming back home?
0:33:29 > 0:33:32You knew what my work was before you married me, Anabel, you knew that.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34When he's finished his work.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38You know Daddy, he needs to do his work.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41You go off to some war and come back completely screwed up
0:33:41 > 0:33:44and then you go out every night getting wasted.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Well, that's just stress.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51I'm stressed too, Sean.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56I'm sick of being on my own.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08'The most precious thing I ever had, I blew it.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11'Just threw it away.'
0:34:11 > 0:34:15I'm actually surprised she stayed around as long as she did.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19You love her still.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27We have one final question.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- Mullah Aleifa give you this letter, yes?- Yes.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39An invitation to film our training camps.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41- And that's what I thought.- Hmm.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45This letter is worthless, Mullah Aleifa is under arrest,
0:34:45 > 0:34:48suspected of being a spy.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50What is your connection with Mullah Aleifa?
0:34:50 > 0:34:52I interviewed him for a film once.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Hmm. A good cover for a spy.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59I'm a journalist.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01That is up to the Shura to decide.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03And another thing,
0:35:03 > 0:35:06the Shura wanted you moved to the caves,
0:35:06 > 0:35:09for you, Sean, certain bloody death and I said no.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11I said no, Sean.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15And, for that, you should be bloody grateful.
0:35:21 > 0:35:22One more thing,
0:35:23 > 0:35:26it was a mistake to ask you about your children,
0:35:26 > 0:35:29I've been told by the Shura to apologise.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32But let me show you something.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35I'm a father like you, Sean,
0:35:35 > 0:35:38I understand the innocence of children.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Is this is your son?
0:35:48 > 0:35:49Not my son, no.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06This child is in paradise.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08You do not believe that.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12And yet, you believe the Americans landed a man on the moon.
0:36:14 > 0:36:15Now, that is propaganda, my friend.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23American propaganda.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39GUL JAN LAUGHS
0:36:47 > 0:36:50'Don't make promises you can't keep, Sean.'
0:37:04 > 0:37:07"Sunday, 18th May.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11"I feel like a drowning man.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13"I see my life
0:37:13 > 0:37:15"flash before me.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19"And I can slow it down.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24"It's like walking into a library that's been closed for years."
0:37:24 > 0:37:27'Watford one, Birmingham City one.'
0:37:27 > 0:37:28"Full of cobwebs."
0:37:28 > 0:37:31'Blackpool two, Millwall three.'
0:37:31 > 0:37:33"My own personal archive."
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- Hello.- Anabel.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58I'm Matthew Kane, I work in crisis management,
0:37:58 > 0:38:00I've been retained by Channel 4.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Sean was last seen in Jalalabad five weeks ago.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09We know he crossed the boarder into Pakistan but since then, nothing.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13The most likely scenario is kidnap,
0:38:13 > 0:38:15the most likely kidnappers are the Taliban.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Sean named you his next of kin.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23I'm not his next of kin, we're divorced.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26I know, but that's what he's done.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30And that makes you the primary decision maker.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34What am I going to tell the kids?
0:38:59 > 0:39:03'Once upon a time, there was a fearless journalist.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08'A man so brave he would risk his life
0:39:08 > 0:39:13'in pursuit of truth and understanding.'
0:39:24 > 0:39:25"Wednesday, 21st May.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31"Sami is falling apart.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35"All he does is sleep and pray and read the Qur'an."
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Show me your faith.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40"He doesn't eat, he doesn't speak, he doesn't wash."
0:39:40 > 0:39:43If you had any, you'd get up now.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45You're all the same.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47You, the Taliban,
0:39:47 > 0:39:49you're a bunch of hypocrites.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53It's a sham.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Where's your faith?
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Now, come on!
0:39:58 > 0:40:02HE SPEAKS IN PASHTO
0:40:02 > 0:40:06Stop shouting. He said the Taliban will come and kill us.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Let the Taliban come, I'd rather they took us away
0:40:09 > 0:40:14and killed us now than watch you lie there and rot in your own shit.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Fight, fight back!
0:40:19 > 0:40:22SPEAKS PASHTO
0:40:23 > 0:40:28I've had enough of this bullshit, I want to be tried now.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30I want this over and done with!
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Please, Sean keep your voice down!
0:40:32 > 0:40:36Right, I'll stop shouting,
0:40:36 > 0:40:40if you promise me you'll fight back.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47You start washing, start eating, take some exercise,
0:40:47 > 0:40:52promise me, Sami, promise me on your holy book or I'll shout
0:40:52 > 0:40:56until I get us both killed, because I don't care anymore.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59Please!
0:41:59 > 0:42:01SAMI LAUGHS
0:42:10 > 0:42:12What were you dreaming about? You were laughing.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17Sometimes I laugh. Sometimes I cry.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22You know, I'm glad that you are here with me, Sean.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Wish I wasn't.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28I mean, I'm glad I'm not here alone.
0:42:28 > 0:42:29Yeah, I know.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34You wouldn't be here at all if it wasn't for me.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37My fault.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45As-salaam alaikum.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Who the hell was that?
0:43:02 > 0:43:05THEY SPEAK PASHTO
0:43:11 > 0:43:13What's going on, Sami?
0:43:16 > 0:43:18They are arguing about taking us to the caves.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22Gul Jan is saying no.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43You outside. No, you stay.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57Gul Jan forced our demands.
0:43:58 > 0:43:59What demands?
0:44:02 > 0:44:05You want me to hold that for you?
0:44:05 > 0:44:07Thank you.
0:44:15 > 0:44:16These dema...
0:44:25 > 0:44:27Yeah, it's Sean Langan for Kevin Sutcliffe,
0:44:27 > 0:44:30and can you tell him it's very urgent.
0:44:33 > 0:44:38Hi Kevin, er, I've been kidnapped, it's the Taliban, Kevin.
0:44:38 > 0:44:42I've got a Commander standing next to me with an AK47,
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Um, they've told me to tell you that
0:44:44 > 0:44:47they're treating me very well and I'm still alive.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49These are their demands,
0:44:49 > 0:44:53and please do everything they say or they're going to kill me.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56And they will kill me and if they kill me it's all your fault.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00They want money.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04- PHONE RINGS - Hello.
0:45:04 > 0:45:08'Anabel, it's Matthew Kane, they've made contact, Sean's alive.'
0:45:10 > 0:45:12Is he going to be all right?
0:45:12 > 0:45:14We hope so.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16You hope so.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18In a hostage situation you can never tell.
0:45:18 > 0:45:22'One thing that could happen is they get Sean to ring you
0:45:22 > 0:45:25'or Channel 4 direct. It's a kidnap strategy.'
0:45:25 > 0:45:27Don't take the call.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30If you don't recognise the number, don't answer the phone.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33OK. Then what, what happens next?
0:45:33 > 0:45:36'You have to hope for the best, Anabel.'
0:45:43 > 0:45:46If you want to see Sean Langan alive, we want 2 million.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49'They haven't got 2 million'.
0:45:52 > 0:45:53That is our price.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57I have seen this before.
0:45:58 > 0:46:02The Taliban ransom foreign journalist...
0:46:02 > 0:46:04and kill the Afghan.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10I promise you this, I'm not leaving here without you,
0:46:10 > 0:46:13we either go together or we don't go at all.
0:46:13 > 0:46:172 million or Sean Langan is a dead man.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19Listen, you have to be realistic.
0:46:19 > 0:46:23Two million is not realistic, you should know that.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25So let's negotiate.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27This is not negotiable.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29This does not look good, Sean.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32Sean Langan is a dead man!
0:46:32 > 0:46:36This is deliberate, this will all be over in a few days,
0:46:36 > 0:46:39one way or another!
0:48:03 > 0:48:07Do you know what this is about, Sami? The Americans, the British,
0:48:07 > 0:48:09the Pakistan, they know we're here.
0:48:09 > 0:48:13The Taliban, they pick us up, they bring us here,
0:48:13 > 0:48:15they don't know what to do with us.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21Sami.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38What's all that about?
0:48:41 > 0:48:43A phone.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46Gul Jan says we should ring our families.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49What is this?
0:48:49 > 0:48:53What, United Airlines 93 - say goodbye to your loved ones?
0:48:55 > 0:48:56You first, Sean.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09- ANSWWERPHONE:- 'Hi, this is Anabel,
0:49:09 > 0:49:12'please leave a message after the tone, thanks, bye.'
0:49:12 > 0:49:16Hello, Anabel... Um, they've let me call you.
0:49:19 > 0:49:23I just wanted to let you know that I've been...
0:49:23 > 0:49:27I've been thinking about you all so much.
0:49:27 > 0:49:28I feel very close to you out here.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35Now, I don't want to scare you,
0:49:35 > 0:49:40but I might not get the chance to tell you how much I love you.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45'Please never stop telling our boys how much their daddy loved them.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49'I love you all so very much.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54'And I'm sorry.
0:50:01 > 0:50:02'Goodbye.'
0:50:19 > 0:50:21We will take 1 million.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26You want us to kill him, huh?
0:50:26 > 0:50:28Is that what you want?! We will kill him!
0:51:29 > 0:51:35Good news, Sean, the Shura have found you innocent.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38They decided you really are a journalist, not a spy.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42Sign here that you accept the verdict.
0:51:46 > 0:51:50Er, how do I know that this isn't a confession?
0:51:50 > 0:51:54You don't trust me? You disappoint me, Sean.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06It's OK, "not guilty."
0:52:19 > 0:52:23Then the Shura took a vote on whether or not to kill you anyway.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25To make an example.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29I want you to know, Sean, I voted against.
0:52:33 > 0:52:35But it was not enough.
0:52:36 > 0:52:40I'm sorry, Sean, the Shura voted to kill you.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47But...
0:52:47 > 0:52:50the vote was overruled by Mullah.
0:52:50 > 0:52:55You get to live, Sean! Bloody good news, yes?!
0:52:55 > 0:53:00As for you Mr Vixen, not so good. Guilty as charged.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10But...
0:53:10 > 0:53:15the Shura voted to let you live. You get to fix another day.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17HE LAUGHS
0:53:17 > 0:53:22So you're both going home. Get ready. You leave separately.
0:53:22 > 0:53:26No, I'm not going without Sami.
0:53:26 > 0:53:27I said you leave separately.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29And I said we go together or we don't go at all.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35HE SPEAKS PASHTO
0:53:35 > 0:53:39It's OK, Sean. Gul Jan will make sure I get home.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09Let's go, put this on.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12You got to be joking, right?
0:54:12 > 0:54:14You want to be kidnapped again?
0:54:14 > 0:54:16Hurry up, put it on.
0:54:37 > 0:54:38Try and sit like a woman.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44Hello, pilgrim.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54I shall miss you, Sean.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56I think of you now as a friend.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01If you want to come back and make another film,
0:55:01 > 0:55:03I can open many doors.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05I won't be coming back.
0:55:06 > 0:55:11When the Shura wanted to kill you Sean, I argued for your life.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16I have a cousin in London.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18Here.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23Pashtun Pantry.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25Bloody good food.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30It would be nice if you send me something, Sean.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33You can give it to my cousin.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37American dollars will be best.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40100 a month would be a big help to me and my family.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10Well, Sean, it is nearly all over for you.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37God speed, pilgrim.
0:56:39 > 0:56:42HE LAUGHS
0:57:11 > 0:57:13Welcome back, Sean.
0:57:29 > 0:57:32Hot shower, few drinks, sound good?
0:57:33 > 0:57:35I just want to go home.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37OK, go.
0:57:59 > 0:58:01I just want to go home.
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