10 Days to War is a series of eight shorttelevision dramas commissioned byNewsnight and broadcast onBBC Two between 10 March 2008 and 19 March 2008 to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of theIraq War. It starredKenneth Branagh,Toby Jones,Juliet Stevenson,Art Malik,Stephen Rea and Avin Shah.

1. A Simple Private Matter:Elizabeth Wilmshurst resigning as Deputy Legal Adviser at theForeign and Commonwealth Office.
2. $100 Coffee:Ahmed Chalabi holding talks about who will runpost-war Iraq.
3. These Things are Always Chaos:Tim Cross' concern about post-war Iraq's security.
4. Why This Rush?: MexicanUN Security Council ambassadorAdolfo Aguilar Zínser and negotiations on an UN resolution authorizing a war on Iraq.
5. Blowback:British Muslims discuss how to react to the war.
6. You Are Welcome Here: Weapons inspectors continue theirsearch forweapon of mass destruction in Iraq.
7. Failure is Not an Option:Anne Campbell andPaul Stinchcombe on their votes in theBritish House of Commons to authorize a war on Iraq.
8. Our Business is North:Colonel Tim Collins preparing his men for war.^[1][2]

• 10 Days to War atBBC Online 
• Official website