From the late 1960s to the late 1980s, Italy was thrown into a period of tumult, aptly named the \"Years of Lead\". At the centre of this chaos were the Red Brigades, self-styled leftist revolutionaries who carried out a campaign of killings, kidnappings and robberies that terrified the nation for decades.
Joining us is John Foot, a historian specialising in Italy and author of 'The Red Brigades: The Terrorists Who Brought Italy to its Knees'. John takes us on a 20-year journey that covers bank heists, shootouts and even the kidnapping and murder of a former Italian Prime Minister, to explain how the Red Brigades became the most formidable left-wing extremist organisation in post-war Europe.
Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.
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