INSIDE THE AMERICAN EMBASSY
Channel 4, 10pm
This final episode is called “Guns, diplomacy and chlorinated chicken”, which gives you some idea of the various issues up for debate.
Cameras have gone behind the doors of the American embassy in London, revealing more about diplomacy in the age of Trump. At times it feels more like a satire.
Tonight, Ambassador Woody Johnson challenges his staff on how they are tackling Brexit and questions whether the multi-billion pound deal to sell US fighter planes for Britain’s new aircraft carrier, the Queen Elizabeth, is a great deal for America.
The new Trump-appointed Under Secretary of Agriculture, Ted Mckinney, pushes for Britain to open its doors to US chlorinated chicken.
And there’s a unique look at the “special relationship” through the eyes of the embassy’s top general, as
Britain and America prepare for joint air strikes in Syria.