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SlateCome here for a sneak peek at what goes on behind the cameras on some of your favourite CBC Television shows. You'll find interviews, pictures, bloopers and other production-related extras here, along with links to other goodies found on the shows' official sites. Check back regularly for new features and updates.
THE HAMBURG CELL
In the days following the horrifying September 11 attacks on the United States, attention focused on the terrorists themselves. One of the most perplexing cases is that of Ziad Samir Jarrah, who flew one of the hijacked planes. No one would have believed that the quiet, pleasant young man they knew would one day join in a conspiracy of mass murder, would deceive those who knew him best - including his own family - and who would sit at the controls of a jetliner bound for a chaotic end in a Pennsylvania farm field.

Now a controversial film, commissioned by Britain's Channel 4 and co-produced by CBC Television, dares to put a human face on Jarrah, as he evolves from a westernized student to holy warrior.

The Hamburg Cell airs Sunday, January 16th at 8pm on CBC Television.

The Hamburg Cell
Training camp in Afghanistan is depicted in the controversial new film The Hamburg Cell.

Linden MacIntyre
Linden MacIntyre discusses the confluence of film fiction and real-life drama in The Hamburg Cell.

CBC Television's the fifth estate investigated Jarrah's story and less than a month after 9/11, broadcast a groundbreaking documentary of the young, educated man from a respected family in Lebanon who ended his life at the controls of UA Flight 93. Much of the research upon which The Hamburg Cell is based was taken from the fifth estate's original documentary.

On Wednesday, January 19th at 9pm on CBC Television, the fifth estate presents an updated version of their documentary, with new and important information about Jarrah.


RealVideo CBC News: Sunday host Evan Solomon shows a clip from the film and speaks with Linden MacIntyre, host of the fifth estate, about the real life of Ziad Jarrah. [Real Media, 8:46]
Jarrah's father, Samir, is a civil servant, and his mother, Nasisa, a school teacher.

Raised in Lebanon in a secular family, taught in a Christian school, Ziad Jarrah seemed to friends and family a most improbable recruit to Islamic extremism.

Nonetheless, documentary evidence shows that Jarrah did train and participate in the criminal and tragically destructive events of September 11th.


RealVideo Evan Solomon and Linden MacIntyre talk about the concept of "evil", and if an evil act must, by definition, be committed by an evil person. [Real Media, 5:58]		 Karim Saleh as Ziad Jarrah
Karim Saleh stars as Ziad Jarrah in the film The Hamburg Cell.
CBC NEWS: SUNDAY - Visit the official website for CBC News: Sunday, hosted by Evan Solomon and Carole MacNeil.

THE FIFTH ESTATE - Visit the official website for the fifth estate, hosted by Linden MacIntyre, Hana Gartner and Bob McKeown.