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(NEWZIMBABWE) UK drama on Mugabe assassination plot

UK drama on Mugabe assassination plot
by Showbiz Reporter
13/05/2010 00:00:00

A NEW British drama has the attempted assassination of President Robert Mugabe as its plot. Chris Ryan’s Strike Back – hailed as the new 24 after the cult American series – is aired across two hours between 9PM and 11PM on Sky One Thursday.

The drama has six episodes following three different story lines.
The third and fourth episodes see a former British soldier blamed for an assassination attempt on the veteran Zimbabwean leader in Harare.

After news reports about the accused reach London, Collinson, played by Andrew Lincoln, is tasked with silencing the would-be shooter Felix Masuku (Shaun Parkes), and sends John Porter (Richard Armitage) undercover to Chikurubi Maximum Prison where the criminal is being held.

Once inside, he breaks Masuku out of jail, but is pursued by Colonel Tshuma's Elite Guard.

Porter and Masuku realise they cannot escape from Colonel Tshuma and seek refuge in an orphanage, where they prepare to do battle.

The drama is based on Chris Ryan’s fictional best-seller, explain the makers of the film which was shot in South Africa.

Labels: MEDIA, MUGABE, NEOCOLONIALISM, PROPAGANDA

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