Overview
- The documentary, titled Hostage, debuts on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on March 4 at 9 p.m.
- John Cantlie was first kidnapped in Syria in July 2012 with a Dutch photographer, was shot during an escape attempt, and was released after another militant group intervened.
- On November 22, 2012, Cantlie and American journalist James Foley were seized by gunmen at a checkpoint as they tried to enter Syria from Turkey.
- While held by Islamic State, Cantlie appeared in about 14 propaganda videos as a captive spokesperson, telling fellow hostages he was acting under duress.
- Cantlie was last seen alive in Mosul in December 2016 and is presumed dead without recovered remains, with his family holding a funeral in 2022.