Theroux didn't seem to be able to get away with his usual schtick of laying back and letting people reveal themselves. Manning seems very guarded and fairly damaged emotionally which as Ian said above is almost certainly a consequence of her extended torture in the US gulag, solitary confinement, etc. Judging by the snippets about their early life they probably weren't on rock solid ground to begin with.
It's the usual Beeb shallow reporting and I wasn't sure who the woman was who shut them down on Assange; I thought they were introduced as just a friend but they seemed to morph into a minder/media manager. I think they are just wary of saying anything while the Assange case is live that could be used by the empire to whisk them back into a dungeon. There may be some lingering sense than JA hung them out to dry somehow but they don't seem keen to air it if so.
I would like to see what didn't make the final cut as it feels very flimsy all told.
...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
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