Jason Burke: The Revolutionists

In the 1970s a new breed of charismatic and violent extremists publicised their causes before a global audience through hijackings, hostage-taking, and terrorist bombing campaigns – the attention tactics they employed have never gone away.

Today the Guardian’s international security correspondent Jason Burke discusses The Revolutionists, his thrilling, unsettling secret history of the decade through profiles of unpredictable anti-West characters including Leila Khaled, Carlos the Jackal, and the Baader-Meinhof gang.

Chaired by Allan Little.