Reporter David Lander investigates whether we really need the new 'Sea Snake' torpedo.

Every year each British taxpayer gives £700 to the Ministry of Defence for new nuclear weapons. Would we be better off putting an extra lock on the door and having a fortnight in Bermuda?

Presented by David Lander with assistance from Stephen Fry.

Studio production by:

Jack Klaff
Brenda Blethyn
Harry Enfield

Dramatic reconstruction by:

Felicity Montagu
Robert Bathurst
Mark Arden

Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet.

Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer

Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as ‘This is David Lander’.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1986. Show less