London terror attacks dissected in gripping documentary series

The Advertiser

10-07-2025

It's now been 20 years since London was rocked by a coordinated series of homemade bombs, killing 52 people, injuring more than 700 and traumatising countless others.
To mark this anniversary, Netflix has dropped a four-part documentary series, taking you inside the explosions and the investigation to bring in the network responsible for the attacks.
Much like in the recent Grenfell Tower documentary film, Attack on London has gathered survivors, first responders, experts, community leaders, journalists and even former Prime Minister Tony Blair to speak in the docuseries.
Inobtrusive reenactments help visualise the story, as well as considerable archive footage, much of which was grainy 2005-era phone camera footage.
While the series is mostly focussed on the direct search for the suicide bombers' network, it does touch on the fact that Muslim and brown-skinned Londoners faced even more fear and potential violence in the aftermath than their neighbours, even before it was confirmed that the attacks had any links to the Al-Qaeda terrorist organisation.
The high anxiety these bombings caused among law enforcement and politicians also led to a truly tragic and horrendous mistake being made, in the death of Brazilian immigrant Jean Charles de Menezes, who was misidentified as one of the bombers of a second failed plot after 7/7, and killed by armed police as he went about his completely innocent business.
It's this tragedy that lingers after the series is over. Not only did the attacks shake the fabric of English society, upend countless lives and put communities in fear, they were directly responsible for the death of an innocent young man weeks after the dust had settled.
Attack on London isn't the only doco on this event you can stream, with 7/7 Homegrown Terror available on Binge. There's also a drama series (non-documentary) on de Menezes' death on Disney+, called Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.
If you've never been in a crowd of several thousand people scream-singing "I'm sorry I can't be perfect" and "you don't know what it's like to be like me", then this doco might not be for you.
Simple Plan was a massive deal in the pop-punk scene of the mid-2000s, and they've been steadily making music and dazzling crowds with their high-energy shows ever since.
The Kids in the Crowd dives into their story, from coming together as teen punk rockers called Reset in drummer Chuck Comeau's parents' basement in Montreal, Canada, to hitting the big-time across the globe with their hit single Perfect, and beyond.
The film is far from the top of the tree when it comes to seminal music documentaries. The pacing is off, the propulsive drama is limited and there's no sense of their legacy or the impact they've made on other artists.
But if you're already a fan of the band, then you'll enjoy the miles of archive footage (captured by unofficial sixth member Patrick Langlois, who tagged along at the start of their journey and never left) and seeing the impact the music has made on appreciative audiences the world over, especially in the sequence about their song This Song Saved My Life, the lyrics of which are comprised of messages the band has been sent by fans.
The film does include some pretty impressive talking heads, from Blink-182's Mark Hoppus to Good Charlotte's Joel Madden, Dexter and Noodles from The Offspring and even Avril Lavigne.
An awkward amount of time is spent on the fractious relationship between singer Pierre Bouvier and Comeau, stemming from the Reset days when the former kicked the latter out of the band. They're clearly on speaking terms and spend a great deal of their lives together, so it seems the difficulty is perhaps a little overblown for doco drama.
Licensing might have been an issue with this film, as it would seem that an important part of the Simple Plan story is the impact appearing on the soundtracks of popular films in the early days had on their growth, but none of that is mentioned. This is particularly egregious when you seen several fans dressed in Scooby-Doo onesies with no explanation as to why.
The latest in a long series of streaming action comedies, Heads of State sees Idris Elba playing the British Prime Minister and John Cena playing the president of the United States who must work together to survive after Air Force One is felled over Belarus.
The film is not especially memorable and often goes for the easiest laugh, but it has its moments and Elba in particular is great to watch.
Jack Quaid (The Boys) pops up for the film's most exciting sequence, an action set-piece that could easily have been lifted straight from Quaid's superior 2025 film Novocaine No Pain.
The film also stars Priyanka Chopra, Paddy Considine, Carla Gugino and Stephen Root.
Charlize Theron's 2020 supernatural action flick The Old Guard gets the sequel treatment at Netflix with a new co-star in Uma Thurman in Netflix's The Old Guard 2. You'll also find the second season of Neil Gaiman adaptation The Sandman on the streaming service. Head to Stan for the second season of offbeat British comedy series Such Brave Girls, and the second season of British crime drama The Gold. Stan also has the two-episode documentary series The Carters: Hurts to Love You, about the late Aaron Carter and Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. Doco action continues on Max with Dear Ms: A Revolution in Print, about the influential feminist magazine founded by Gloria Steinem, and over on Disney+ with Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory. For the kids, there's a new entry in the pantheon of Dora the Explorer content on Paramount+, which the live action film Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado.
It's now been 20 years since London was rocked by a coordinated series of homemade bombs, killing 52 people, injuring more than 700 and traumatising countless others.
To mark this anniversary, Netflix has dropped a four-part documentary series, taking you inside the explosions and the investigation to bring in the network responsible for the attacks.
Much like in the recent Grenfell Tower documentary film, Attack on London has gathered survivors, first responders, experts, community leaders, journalists and even former Prime Minister Tony Blair to speak in the docuseries.
Inobtrusive reenactments help visualise the story, as well as considerable archive footage, much of which was grainy 2005-era phone camera footage.
While the series is mostly focussed on the direct search for the suicide bombers' network, it does touch on the fact that Muslim and brown-skinned Londoners faced even more fear and potential violence in the aftermath than their neighbours, even before it was confirmed that the attacks had any links to the Al-Qaeda terrorist organisation.
The high anxiety these bombings caused among law enforcement and politicians also led to a truly tragic and horrendous mistake being made, in the death of Brazilian immigrant Jean Charles de Menezes, who was misidentified as one of the bombers of a second failed plot after 7/7, and killed by armed police as he went about his completely innocent business.
It's this tragedy that lingers after the series is over. Not only did the attacks shake the fabric of English society, upend countless lives and put communities in fear, they were directly responsible for the death of an innocent young man weeks after the dust had settled.
Attack on London isn't the only doco on this event you can stream, with 7/7 Homegrown Terror available on Binge. There's also a drama series (non-documentary) on de Menezes' death on Disney+, called Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.
If you've never been in a crowd of several thousand people scream-singing "I'm sorry I can't be perfect" and "you don't know what it's like to be like me", then this doco might not be for you.
Simple Plan was a massive deal in the pop-punk scene of the mid-2000s, and they've been steadily making music and dazzling crowds with their high-energy shows ever since.
The Kids in the Crowd dives into their story, from coming together as teen punk rockers called Reset in drummer Chuck Comeau's parents' basement in Montreal, Canada, to hitting the big-time across the globe with their hit single Perfect, and beyond.
The film is far from the top of the tree when it comes to seminal music documentaries. The pacing is off, the propulsive drama is limited and there's no sense of their legacy or the impact they've made on other artists.
But if you're already a fan of the band, then you'll enjoy the miles of archive footage (captured by unofficial sixth member Patrick Langlois, who tagged along at the start of their journey and never left) and seeing the impact the music has made on appreciative audiences the world over, especially in the sequence about their song This Song Saved My Life, the lyrics of which are comprised of messages the band has been sent by fans.
The film does include some pretty impressive talking heads, from Blink-182's Mark Hoppus to Good Charlotte's Joel Madden, Dexter and Noodles from The Offspring and even Avril Lavigne.
An awkward amount of time is spent on the fractious relationship between singer Pierre Bouvier and Comeau, stemming from the Reset days when the former kicked the latter out of the band. They're clearly on speaking terms and spend a great deal of their lives together, so it seems the difficulty is perhaps a little overblown for doco drama.
Licensing might have been an issue with this film, as it would seem that an important part of the Simple Plan story is the impact appearing on the soundtracks of popular films in the early days had on their growth, but none of that is mentioned. This is particularly egregious when you seen several fans dressed in Scooby-Doo onesies with no explanation as to why.
The latest in a long series of streaming action comedies, Heads of State sees Idris Elba playing the British Prime Minister and John Cena playing the president of the United States who must work together to survive after Air Force One is felled over Belarus.
The film is not especially memorable and often goes for the easiest laugh, but it has its moments and Elba in particular is great to watch.
Jack Quaid (The Boys) pops up for the film's most exciting sequence, an action set-piece that could easily have been lifted straight from Quaid's superior 2025 film Novocaine No Pain.
The film also stars Priyanka Chopra, Paddy Considine, Carla Gugino and Stephen Root.
Charlize Theron's 2020 supernatural action flick The Old Guard gets the sequel treatment at Netflix with a new co-star in Uma Thurman in Netflix's The Old Guard 2. You'll also find the second season of Neil Gaiman adaptation The Sandman on the streaming service. Head to Stan for the second season of offbeat British comedy series Such Brave Girls, and the second season of British crime drama The Gold. Stan also has the two-episode documentary series The Carters: Hurts to Love You, about the late Aaron Carter and Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. Doco action continues on Max with Dear Ms: A Revolution in Print, about the influential feminist magazine founded by Gloria Steinem, and over on Disney+ with Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory. For the kids, there's a new entry in the pantheon of Dora the Explorer content on Paramount+, which the live action film Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado.
It's now been 20 years since London was rocked by a coordinated series of homemade bombs, killing 52 people, injuring more than 700 and traumatising countless others.
To mark this anniversary, Netflix has dropped a four-part documentary series, taking you inside the explosions and the investigation to bring in the network responsible for the attacks.
Much like in the recent Grenfell Tower documentary film, Attack on London has gathered survivors, first responders, experts, community leaders, journalists and even former Prime Minister Tony Blair to speak in the docuseries.
Inobtrusive reenactments help visualise the story, as well as considerable archive footage, much of which was grainy 2005-era phone camera footage.
While the series is mostly focussed on the direct search for the suicide bombers' network, it does touch on the fact that Muslim and brown-skinned Londoners faced even more fear and potential violence in the aftermath than their neighbours, even before it was confirmed that the attacks had any links to the Al-Qaeda terrorist organisation.
The high anxiety these bombings caused among law enforcement and politicians also led to a truly tragic and horrendous mistake being made, in the death of Brazilian immigrant Jean Charles de Menezes, who was misidentified as one of the bombers of a second failed plot after 7/7, and killed by armed police as he went about his completely innocent business.
It's this tragedy that lingers after the series is over. Not only did the attacks shake the fabric of English society, upend countless lives and put communities in fear, they were directly responsible for the death of an innocent young man weeks after the dust had settled.
Attack on London isn't the only doco on this event you can stream, with 7/7 Homegrown Terror available on Binge. There's also a drama series (non-documentary) on de Menezes' death on Disney+, called Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.
If you've never been in a crowd of several thousand people scream-singing "I'm sorry I can't be perfect" and "you don't know what it's like to be like me", then this doco might not be for you.
Simple Plan was a massive deal in the pop-punk scene of the mid-2000s, and they've been steadily making music and dazzling crowds with their high-energy shows ever since.
The Kids in the Crowd dives into their story, from coming together as teen punk rockers called Reset in drummer Chuck Comeau's parents' basement in Montreal, Canada, to hitting the big-time across the globe with their hit single Perfect, and beyond.
The film is far from the top of the tree when it comes to seminal music documentaries. The pacing is off, the propulsive drama is limited and there's no sense of their legacy or the impact they've made on other artists.
But if you're already a fan of the band, then you'll enjoy the miles of archive footage (captured by unofficial sixth member Patrick Langlois, who tagged along at the start of their journey and never left) and seeing the impact the music has made on appreciative audiences the world over, especially in the sequence about their song This Song Saved My Life, the lyrics of which are comprised of messages the band has been sent by fans.
The film does include some pretty impressive talking heads, from Blink-182's Mark Hoppus to Good Charlotte's Joel Madden, Dexter and Noodles from The Offspring and even Avril Lavigne.
An awkward amount of time is spent on the fractious relationship between singer Pierre Bouvier and Comeau, stemming from the Reset days when the former kicked the latter out of the band. They're clearly on speaking terms and spend a great deal of their lives together, so it seems the difficulty is perhaps a little overblown for doco drama.
Licensing might have been an issue with this film, as it would seem that an important part of the Simple Plan story is the impact appearing on the soundtracks of popular films in the early days had on their growth, but none of that is mentioned. This is particularly egregious when you seen several fans dressed in Scooby-Doo onesies with no explanation as to why.
The latest in a long series of streaming action comedies, Heads of State sees Idris Elba playing the British Prime Minister and John Cena playing the president of the United States who must work together to survive after Air Force One is felled over Belarus.
The film is not especially memorable and often goes for the easiest laugh, but it has its moments and Elba in particular is great to watch.
Jack Quaid (The Boys) pops up for the film's most exciting sequence, an action set-piece that could easily have been lifted straight from Quaid's superior 2025 film Novocaine No Pain.
The film also stars Priyanka Chopra, Paddy Considine, Carla Gugino and Stephen Root.
Charlize Theron's 2020 supernatural action flick The Old Guard gets the sequel treatment at Netflix with a new co-star in Uma Thurman in Netflix's The Old Guard 2. You'll also find the second season of Neil Gaiman adaptation The Sandman on the streaming service. Head to Stan for the second season of offbeat British comedy series Such Brave Girls, and the second season of British crime drama The Gold. Stan also has the two-episode documentary series The Carters: Hurts to Love You, about the late Aaron Carter and Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. Doco action continues on Max with Dear Ms: A Revolution in Print, about the influential feminist magazine founded by Gloria Steinem, and over on Disney+ with Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory. For the kids, there's a new entry in the pantheon of Dora the Explorer content on Paramount+, which the live action film Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado.
It's now been 20 years since London was rocked by a coordinated series of homemade bombs, killing 52 people, injuring more than 700 and traumatising countless others.
To mark this anniversary, Netflix has dropped a four-part documentary series, taking you inside the explosions and the investigation to bring in the network responsible for the attacks.
Much like in the recent Grenfell Tower documentary film, Attack on London has gathered survivors, first responders, experts, community leaders, journalists and even former Prime Minister Tony Blair to speak in the docuseries.
Inobtrusive reenactments help visualise the story, as well as considerable archive footage, much of which was grainy 2005-era phone camera footage.
While the series is mostly focussed on the direct search for the suicide bombers' network, it does touch on the fact that Muslim and brown-skinned Londoners faced even more fear and potential violence in the aftermath than their neighbours, even before it was confirmed that the attacks had any links to the Al-Qaeda terrorist organisation.
The high anxiety these bombings caused among law enforcement and politicians also led to a truly tragic and horrendous mistake being made, in the death of Brazilian immigrant Jean Charles de Menezes, who was misidentified as one of the bombers of a second failed plot after 7/7, and killed by armed police as he went about his completely innocent business.
It's this tragedy that lingers after the series is over. Not only did the attacks shake the fabric of English society, upend countless lives and put communities in fear, they were directly responsible for the death of an innocent young man weeks after the dust had settled.
Attack on London isn't the only doco on this event you can stream, with 7/7 Homegrown Terror available on Binge. There's also a drama series (non-documentary) on de Menezes' death on Disney+, called Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.
If you've never been in a crowd of several thousand people scream-singing "I'm sorry I can't be perfect" and "you don't know what it's like to be like me", then this doco might not be for you.
Simple Plan was a massive deal in the pop-punk scene of the mid-2000s, and they've been steadily making music and dazzling crowds with their high-energy shows ever since.
The Kids in the Crowd dives into their story, from coming together as teen punk rockers called Reset in drummer Chuck Comeau's parents' basement in Montreal, Canada, to hitting the big-time across the globe with their hit single Perfect, and beyond.
The film is far from the top of the tree when it comes to seminal music documentaries. The pacing is off, the propulsive drama is limited and there's no sense of their legacy or the impact they've made on other artists.
But if you're already a fan of the band, then you'll enjoy the miles of archive footage (captured by unofficial sixth member Patrick Langlois, who tagged along at the start of their journey and never left) and seeing the impact the music has made on appreciative audiences the world over, especially in the sequence about their song This Song Saved My Life, the lyrics of which are comprised of messages the band has been sent by fans.
The film does include some pretty impressive talking heads, from Blink-182's Mark Hoppus to Good Charlotte's Joel Madden, Dexter and Noodles from The Offspring and even Avril Lavigne.
An awkward amount of time is spent on the fractious relationship between singer Pierre Bouvier and Comeau, stemming from the Reset days when the former kicked the latter out of the band. They're clearly on speaking terms and spend a great deal of their lives together, so it seems the difficulty is perhaps a little overblown for doco drama.
Licensing might have been an issue with this film, as it would seem that an important part of the Simple Plan story is the impact appearing on the soundtracks of popular films in the early days had on their growth, but none of that is mentioned. This is particularly egregious when you seen several fans dressed in Scooby-Doo onesies with no explanation as to why.
The latest in a long series of streaming action comedies, Heads of State sees Idris Elba playing the British Prime Minister and John Cena playing the president of the United States who must work together to survive after Air Force One is felled over Belarus.
The film is not especially memorable and often goes for the easiest laugh, but it has its moments and Elba in particular is great to watch.
Jack Quaid (The Boys) pops up for the film's most exciting sequence, an action set-piece that could easily have been lifted straight from Quaid's superior 2025 film Novocaine No Pain.
The film also stars Priyanka Chopra, Paddy Considine, Carla Gugino and Stephen Root.
Charlize Theron's 2020 supernatural action flick The Old Guard gets the sequel treatment at Netflix with a new co-star in Uma Thurman in Netflix's The Old Guard 2. You'll also find the second season of Neil Gaiman adaptation The Sandman on the streaming service. Head to Stan for the second season of offbeat British comedy series Such Brave Girls, and the second season of British crime drama The Gold. Stan also has the two-episode documentary series The Carters: Hurts to Love You, about the late Aaron Carter and Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. Doco action continues on Max with Dear Ms: A Revolution in Print, about the influential feminist magazine founded by Gloria Steinem, and over on Disney+ with Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory. For the kids, there's a new entry in the pantheon of Dora the Explorer content on Paramount+, which the live action film Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado.