Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Torture
Overview
The US Senate Torture Report revealed horrifying details of America's interrogation program. Helen Mirren will fill you in. Plus, information about the 2015 European Games and the Canadian Senate expenses scandal.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2015-06-14
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Torture is Episode 17 in Season 2 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2015-06-14. The runtime is 30 min.
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