An Eye for an Eye. In May 1988 Palestinian terrorists murdered British relief workers and their children in a bomb attack in the Sudan. The relatives of the British families must now decide the fate of the terrorists. Under Islamic law they have to choose between three courses of action: the death penalty, blood money or pardon.
Imprisonment has not been offered as an option.
Joan Bakewell talks to one family about the dilemma they face and the decision they finally make. Director Candida Pryce-Jones Series producer Olga Edridge