DenialMarch 29, 2019

In 1993 acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) and Penguin Books published `Denying the Holocaust'. Two years later the English author David Irving (Timothy Spall) sued her for libel on the grounds that her book had ruined his once well-regarded career as an historian by accusing him of deliberately distorting historical facts and claiming he was a Holocaust denier. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove in court that the Holocaust actually happened. Based on the acclaimed book "History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier".

Denial was broadcast on SBS ONE at Thursday 15 July 2021, 14:00. This episode was initially placed on Friday 29 March 2019.