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7/7 Kollerstrom & Farrell Are Dead (2012)
Liverpool filmmaker Kevin West's film was released on air by Paradigm Shift TV (PSTV) in the UK on the British Sky network on Thursday 5th July 2012 at 6.30pm on Sky Channel 191. With a running time of 46 minutes it was specially made to mark the 7th anniversary of the 7th July 2005 London bombings. The title is derived from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966), an existentialist tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard and was shot in one day.

The film includes previously unseen footage and updated information released by the official Inquiry held into the bombings in 2010/11 and presided over by The Rt.Hon Lady Justice Hallett. Based on and idea by Tony Farrell, former Principal Analyst for South Yorkshire Police, the film is a controversial re-appraisal of the official narrative which strongly suggests the four suicide bombers were patsies. One of its other key points is illustrated by use of a cynical comic device from the Tom Stoppard play, that of tossing of a coin thirty times and getting thirty consecutive heads. On the day in question three underground bombs and one road vehicle formed the exact model at the exact time at the exact same three stations as a simultaneous Terror Drill being carried out on the London Underground. The chances of this, according to the film's opening sequence, is approximately 1 billion to 1.

Further stress is laid upon the fact that the so-called suicide bombers were never found guilty, there was no trial, ergo there was no one found guilty of the outrage and there were no autopsies performed on the victims.

The 7th July bombings are given a unique treatment in this film by way dramatic performances from three protagonists cum presenters, Tony Farrell, Dr. Nick Kollerstrom and justice activist, Belinda McKenzie. Tony and Nick deal a pack of cards itemising many of the key points overlooked in the so-called 'official story'. It is a witty, refreshing and sometimes moving reappraisal, giving emphasis to the human cost seldom explored in other films on the subject. The events of 7 7 are delivered with energy. Humour and a certain degree of satire is present in the piece including a cameo by David Shaylar's cat, Eddie.