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The queen and the coup / Brave New Media production ; producer, director, writer, Paul Elston. - 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Wide screen. Originally broadcast on PBS in 2020.

Narrator, Caroline Catz ; Hosts, RIchard Aldrich, Rory Cormac.

Feb 1953, the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. Little does she know she is about to be deployed in a secret plot to topple Iran's democratic leader in favor of an all-powerful Shah. Planned by MI6 and executed by the C.I.A., the coup that follows destroys relations between Iran and the West. Using newly declassified documents this film unravels this secret for the first time.

Rating: TVPG.


DVD, wide screen; NTSC, region 1; stereo.


English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

ISBN: 9781531712921 1531712924

Standard No.: 841887044677

Publisher. No.: TQCP601 PBS Distribution

Subjects--Personal Names:
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Iran--History--Coup d'état, 1953.
England--Foreign relations--Iran.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Iran.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.