Cartoonists on the Front Line

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  • Premiered: Feb 2005
  • Episodes: 4
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  • Ended
  • BBC Four
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  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Steve Bell
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 14, 2005
Michael Portillo has long been cruelly satirised by the Guardian's cartoonist Steve Bell. In this profile of the latter, the two meet for the first ime.
1x2
Victor Bogorad
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 21, 2005
Russian artist Victor Bogorad is one of the few cartoonists brave and clever enough to satirise President Putin. Michael Portillo ponders his future.
1x3
Ted Rail
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 28, 2005
Death threats have greeted Ted Rail's attacks on the American right and its sacred icons. Michael Portillo profiles him.
1x4 Show finale
Omayya Joha & Ya'akov Kirschen
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 14, 2005
Kirschen work either side of the wall dividing Palestine from Israel. Omayya's husband was killed in a shoot-out with Israeli forces, while Ya'akov's Zionism comes in strip cartoon form.

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