Face to face with terror

FOUR DAYS THAT SHOOK BRITAIN ITV, 9pm

ONE year on from the first of four terror attacks to hit the country, this emotive film interviews those who were caught up in the atrocities.

They are deeply personal stories, reflecting on what happened in Westminster, at Manchester Arena, around London Bridge and outside Fins bury Park Mosque, and explaining the impact the attacks have had.

Interspersed with archive news footage, the interviews are both shocking and heartbreaking as the victims paint a vivid picture.

Reliving that first moment of fear, Lucy Jarvis, injured in the Manchester bombing on May 22, explains: “My initial thought was that I was on fire.

“Suddenly everything was yellow, and I was on the floor and couldn’t see properly. I said to [my friend] Amelia, ‘Am I going to die?’”

Meanwhile, John Mcavoy, an endurance athlete who was nearby when terrorist Khalid Masood attacked the Houses of Parliament on March 22 last year, stabbing PC Keith Palmer to death, says: “I kind of froze, because it’s hard to comprehend what you are seeing, because you are coming from Parliament, probably the most protected building in the country.”

And doorman Ozzie Gandaa describes the sense of terror in Borough Market after the attack on London Bridge on June 3. He says: “There were people running everywhere. You could just see panic and fear in people’s eyes.”

It is a compelling and poignant insight into the personal consequences of those f our catastrophic days.

RUN Panic in Borough Market