How France is Struggling with those radicalised by IS – Channel 4 News, 1 x 8min 2019

Producer/Director

In light of the controversial decision of whether Shemima Begum should be allowed back into the UK, reporter Darshna Soni travels to France to see how they have been tackling radicalisation amongst young people.

]With exclusive access she meets with Farid Benyettou former al-Quaeda recruiter known for radicalising the Kouachi brothers who committed the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris. In Lyon, she with meets with a young woman who also was recruited by ISIS and has recently come out of prison following an attempt to commit a bombing similar to the Bataclan attack. Darshna’s journey continues to a remote part of central France where she meets with the former head of France’s first state deradicalization program that was controversially shut down by the State.

Darshna also speaks to experts and asks the question how to punish, deradicalize and stop online grooming from happening in the future.

Reporter: Darshna Soni
Producer/Director: Sara Moralioglu
DOP: Petra Graff
Editor: Silvia Biagionni

Other experience on radicalisation and terrorist attacks:

BBC1 - Associate Producer - Panorama: Terror In Paris - 1 x 30’ (2015) Casting on the ground in Paris for fast turnaround documentary about the November 13th terrorist attacks in Paris. In-house BBC Current Affairs Dept.
BBC3 – Producer - A Nation Divided: Charlie Hebdo the Aftermath - 1 x 60’ (2015) Documentary examining radicalization of young people, islamophobia, the rise of the far right, including the first UK interview with Charlie Hebdo editor. In-house BBC Current Affairs Dept.
BBC1 Producer: Panorama Bataclan attack: Produced Paris segment based on exclusive information on how the attacks were planned and excecuted.