US series The Looming Tower, which explores whether rivalry between the FBI and CIA could have inadvertently set the path for 9/11, has been acquired by BBC Two. US series The Looming Tower, which explores whether rivalry between the FBI and CIA could have inadvertently set the path for 9/11, has been acquired by BBC Two. 9/11 drama The Looming Tower to air on BBC TwoBased on Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning non-fiction book about the rise of Osama bin Laden and al Qaida in the late 1990s, the programme originally aired on Hulu. The Looming Tower follows the FBI and CIA in the lead up to 9/11 (BBC/PA)American actor and Dumb And Dumber star Jeff Daniels plays John O’Neill, the chief of the FBI’s I-49 unit. BBC programme acquisition head Sue Deeks said: “Brilliantly weaving archive footage with tense and compelling drama, The Looming Tower is a fascinating and illuminating deconstruction of the personalities and events that ultimately led to the horror of 9/11.”The Looming Tower will air on BBC Two in spring.

Source: Irish Independent April 01, 2019 10:52 UTC