The Attack - Countdown To TerrorFebruary 18, 2018

A tense cat-and-mouse narrative about a jihadi sleeper cell planning a massacre at an iconic British event. Faced with this scenario, real counter-terrorism experts reveal the tactics being used to try and foil such plots, showing how elite decision-makers in the police, the government and the security services work together to prevent a terrorist outrage. All the while they have to balance the impact of their decisions on civil liberties and public safety, while grappling with the complex legal and moral questions surrounding counter-terrorism.

The Attack - Countdown To Terror was broadcast on SBS ONE at Thursday 23 July 2020, 19:00. This episode was initially placed on Sunday 18 February 2018.