7/7 seven years on

Just over 1.5 million people watched 7/7: One Day In London on BBC2 on Monday evening. That seems a pretty large number for a programme about a terrible thing that happened seven years ago and was never going to make for cheerful viewing. Yet it deserved millions more. I missed it when it was broadcast, but watched it on BBC iPlayer late on Thursday night. It is upsetting and yet also uplifting, and made me think about how London can be an object of profound hatred and yet, greater than that, a place of huge hope and deep humanity. You can catch it for yourself until next Monday via here .