Belgrano

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Drama about the sensational trial of civil servant Clive Ponting.

Richard Monks' drama about Clive Ponting, the top civil servant who was put on trial for leaking documents about the sinking of the General Belgrano.

by Richard Monks


Forty years on from the Falklands War we revisit the true story of Clive Ponting, a top civil servant, who leaked documents about the sinking of the Argentinian Cruiser, General Belgrano. In Part 2 of the drama Ponting is put on trial.  The verdict caused a sensation and ultimately led to changes in the Official Secrets Act.

The writer, Richard Monks, drew on Government Papers, newspaper reports and court transcripts as well as Ponting’s own account for the drama.

The drama includes some imagined scenes.


Clive Ponting ..... John Heffernan
Sally Ponting .... Ruth Everett
Brian Raymond ..... Sam Troughton
David Leigh ..... Joseph Kloska
Richard Mottram ..... Geoffrey Streatfeild
Bruce Laughland  ..... Neil McCaul
Mr Amlot ..... Michael Begley
Mr Justice McCowan ..... Matthew Durkan
Clerk ..... Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Bow Street Judge ..... Chris Jack
Librarian/Hotel Manager. ..... Rebecca Crankshaw

Directed by Sally Avens

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