- Title: One Year On: Meyssan Conspiracy
- Date: 3rd September 2002
- Summary: In the wake of the terrorist attacks on America, French author Thierry Meyssan grabbed the headlines with the shocking theory that the plane strikes were not carried out by al Qaeda, but were probably the result of a plot by sinister forces inside the US government as part of a deliberate policy to justify attacks against Afghanistan and Iraq. He claimed that there was no evidence that a plane struck the Pentagon and suggested that the passenger aircraft seen by a worldwide television audience flying into the World Trade Centre were actually operated by remote control. September 11: The Meyssan Conspiracy examines the theory and asks why, despite being taken to pieces by numerous impartial experts, and being based on totally inadequate research, his theory was lapped up on French chat shows, travelled around the world on the internet and became a best-selling book. The film, made by acclaimed director Jon Blair ( Anne Frank Remembered, Schindler ), features exclusive interviews with Meyssan, eyewitnesses to the attacks, and experts on defence and aviation. It attempts to discover why this conspiracy theory has been so successfully dispersed and what it is in contemporary society that requires such far-fetched explanations of the apparently inexplicable.
- Description:A 30 min film exploring the phenomenon surrounding the French conspiracy theorist Thierry Meyssan's runaway bestseller 'L'Effroyable Imposture',suggesting the Americans destroyed the Twin Towers themselves.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:ITN LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:03/09/2002
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 2000s