Wednesday, January 19, 2005
 Home Box Office (HBO) January 13, 2005: In an unprecedented arrangement, three provocative films from Home Box Office will be distributed through PBS for broadcast television following their HBO premiere... In addition, HBO and PBS member station WETA Washington, D.C., will co-produce, along with the Council on Foreign Relations, related panel discussions to follow each film on PBS...
"These movies address three of the most important issues of the 21st century, including nuclear terrorism, global AIDS and genocide in Africa," said [HBO CEO/Chairman Chris] Albrecht. "We are pleased to expand the audience for these extraordinary films by offering them to PBS viewers, and we're proud to help illuminate each subject with discussions by leading experts in those fields."
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The first film, DIRTY WAR, tells the fictional story of a radiological "dirty bomb" attack on central London and debuts MONDAY, JAN. 24 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT), on HBO. DIRTY WAR is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 9:00 p.m. (check local listings) on PBS. Directed by Dan Percival who wrote the screenplay with Lizzie Mickery, this HBO Films/BBC Films production is based on extensive research by the BBC factual department and asks the questions: Are our emergency services fully prepared for a nuclear attack? How much does the public have a right to know?
The PBS presentation of DIRTY WAR in February will be followed by a half-hour panel discussion with experts in homeland security, emergency preparedness, nuclear weapons and terrorism.
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