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Christine Stephen-Daly plays Saddam Hussein’s mistress and second wife.
Igal Naor first heard about the role of Saddam while on set in Morocco, shooting the film Rendition.
It was while he was researching events in Fallujah in April 2003 – the start of the insurgency against the coalition forces occupying Iraq – that co-writer and director Alex Holmes first conceived the idea of House Of Saddam.
The intimate world of Saddam Hussein and his closest inner circle is revealed in House Of Saddam - a gripping four-part drama for BBC Two that charts the rise and fall of one of the most significant political figures in recent history.