Episode 3: Small Lies Big Lies

About this episode

Lieutenant Sethia leaves the navy for the Caribbean, but an anti-war MP in the UK investigates discrepancies in the government's account of the Falklands War.

Lieutenant Sethia quits the navy and moves to the Caribbean. He thinks the Falklands War is behind him, but back in the UK, an eccentric, anti-war MP notices a discrepancy in the government’s account of the sinking and starts to investigate. The Belgrano Diary is a six-part series from the Documentary Team at the London Review of Books, hosted by Andrew O’Hagan. You can listen to exclusive interviews and other bonus material, all for a one-off payment of just £4.99 at: ⁠https://lrb.me/belgranodiarysc⁠ Archive: ‘BBC News’/BBC/BBC News, ‘Nationwide: On the Spot’/BBC 1/BBC, ‘1983 Election Coverage’/BBC1/BBC, Parliamentary Recording Unit

People in this episode

Host: Andrew O’Hagan

Topics covered

• Falklands War
• navy
• politics
• investigation
• anti-war
• Caribbean

Keywords

• Falklands War
• Lieutenant Sethia
• investigation
• anti-war MP
• navy
• Caribbean
• government account
• sinking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The London Review of Books, BBC News, BBC, BBC 1, Parliamentary Recording Unit

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