Britain's Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 75 min
  • Premiere: 2024. November 20.

This is the extraordinary story of Britain’s postwar atomic weapons programme and its devastating legacy. The film reveals the full extent of the British government’s nuclear tests in Australia and the South Pacific in the 1950s and 1960s. 39,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen witnessed 45 atomic and hydrogen bombs and hundreds of radioactive experiments. The documentary exposes the debilitating health conditions that have blighted the lives of veterans, descendants and indigenous communities ever since.

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Camera

Simon Rawles

Director of Photography

Paul Moses

Additional Photography

Joshua Ausley

Additional Photography

Joe Sampson

Camera Production Assistant

Alex De Palma

Camera Production Assistant

Jimmy Purtill

Camera Production Assistant

Tomasz Frymorgen

Camera Production Assistant

Angela Gokani-Brasier

Camera Production Assistant

Crew

Simon Young

Commissioning Editor

Nichola Garde

Commissioning Editor

Directing

Simon Rawles

Director

Editing

Paul Koren

Colorist

Tom Stow

Online Editor

Alex Booth

Archival Footage Coordinator

Production

Esella Hawkey

Executive Producer

Simon Rawles

Producer

Susie Boniface

Production Consultant

Danielle Dodd

Production Accountant

Lucy Tudor

Production Runner

Jade Thompson

Production Runner

Tom Robinson

Production Assistant

Islay Stacey

Production Assistant

Juanita Apanari

Production Coordinator

Liz Knowles

Production Manager

Robin Barty-King

Business Affairs Coordinator

Sound

Jim Copperthwaite

Original Music Composer

Dan Weinberg

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Camera

Simon Rawles

Director of Photography

Paul Moses

Additional Photography

Joshua Ausley

Additional Photography

Joe Sampson

Camera Production Assistant

Alex De Palma

Camera Production Assistant

Jimmy Purtill

Camera Production Assistant

Tomasz Frymorgen

Camera Production Assistant

Angela Gokani-Brasier

Camera Production Assistant

Crew

Simon Young

Commissioning Editor

Nichola Garde

Commissioning Editor

Directing

Simon Rawles

Director

Editing

Paul Koren

Colorist

Tom Stow

Online Editor

Alex Booth

Archival Footage Coordinator

Production

Esella Hawkey

Executive Producer

Simon Rawles

Producer

Susie Boniface

Production Consultant

Danielle Dodd

Production Accountant

Lucy Tudor

Production Runner

Jade Thompson

Production Runner

Tom Robinson

Production Assistant

Islay Stacey

Production Assistant

Juanita Apanari

Production Coordinator

Liz Knowles

Production Manager

Robin Barty-King

Business Affairs Coordinator

Sound

Jim Copperthwaite

Original Music Composer

Dan Weinberg

Sound Re-Recording Mixer