As 20th Anniversary Of London Bombings Nears, Adam Wishart Explains Why His New 7/7 Doc Is So Distinct From ‘9/11: Inside The President’s War Room’

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EXCLUSIVE: For his BAFTA-winning 9/11 documentary Inside the President’s War Room, Adam Wishart took audiences behind the scenes to bring to life the immediate aftermath of the world’s most devastating terror attack, spotlighting the response of then-President George W.

Bush and his closest confidantes. Now, as the 20th anniversary approaches, Wishart and the BBC have turned the spotlight to the 7/7 bombings in London, but he detailed how the focus on the worst such attack to ever hit the UK capital needed to be broader, taking in multiple authorities and precincts while moving beyond the hours after the terrifying incident.

While Tony Blair, who was UK Prime Minister at the time, contributes to Wishart’s 7/7: The London Bombings, the director stressed that it was difficult to tell the story purely based on Blair and accounts from senior politicians. “9/11 was a particular inflection point in history in which so much changed from the morning to the evening,” Wishart told Deadline. “7/7 was quite different.

In a way it wasn’t possible to tell the story from Tony Blair because his role wasn’t as substantive and things weren’t changing under his feet as they were for [President] Bush [after 9/11].” Rather than revealing reams of new information, Blair will “fit into the chorus of voices and give a sense of what it’s like to be a leader of a country facing a crisis,” Wishart added of the ex-PM’s contribution.