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TV tonight: the tragic story of Britain’s ‘schoolgirl terrorist’

The Guardian Culture Thursday 13 August 2026, 07:17 UTC By Hollie Richardson, Hannah J Davies, Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue and Simon Wardell 1 min read
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A sensitive documentary looking at the complicated case of Rhianan Rudd. Plus: David Olusoga’s back with A House Through Time. Here’s what to watch this evening10pm, Channel 4What makes a teenage girl threaten to bomb a synagogue?

A sensitive documentary looking at the complicated case of Rhianan Rudd. Plus: David Olusoga’s back with A House Through Time. Here’s what to watch this evening

10pm, Channel 4
What makes a teenage girl threaten to bomb a synagogue? In 2020, Rhianan Rudd, then 15, became the youngest girl to be charged with terror offences in the UK. She took her own life two years later, five months after the charges were dropped. This sensitive documentary hears from her family to learn more about her vulnerable background, mental health issues and how she was groomed online by a neo-Nazi during lockdown – she even used a bobby pin to scratch a swastika on her head. Was her case handled correctly? Hollie Richardson

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