Belgrano and Ponting affair

Title

Belgrano and Ponting affair

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

17 Feb 1985

Year of production

1985

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:07:14

Description

Report on an upcoming Parliamentary debate on the Ponting affair and resignation of Clive Ponting from his senior civil servant position. Includes interview with Labour MP Tam Dalyell about the resignation and the controversial sinking of ARA General Belgrano during the Falklands War which Ponting had leaked documents on. Male presenter not identified (poss. Peter Deeley).

Contributors

Tam Dalyell; Peter Deeley?

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Politics; Margaret Thatcher; UK; Right to information; Civil service; Civil servants; Trials; Falklands War (1982); Argentina; Warships; Neil Kinnock; Clive Ponting; Resignation (employee); Official Secrets Act; Political scandals; Belgrano

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.