Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

14 Feb 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:20:07

Description

The outcome of the trial of Clive Ponting, presented by Peter Murphy. After he was cleared of breaking the Official Secrets Act the programme looks at the political outcome of the affair of leaked documents on the Belgrano warship sinking during the Falklands War. Includes House of Commons debates between politicians on the level of influence they had during the trial, especially the role of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the original prosecution. Also hears from former Master of the Rolls Lord Denning, Tom Denning; Dr David Owen, leader of the SDP and Neil Kinnock, Labour Party leader. Engineer Dave Dawson.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Peter Murphy; David Owen; Neil Kinnock; Dave Dawson; Clive Ponting; Tom Denning

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Politics; Margaret Thatcher; Right to information; Civil servants; State security; Trials; Falklands War (1982); Warships; Clive Ponting; Tam Dalyell; Wars (events); Official Secrets Act; General Belgrano

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