Britain's Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story

Name: Britain's Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-10-25
Duration: 1 h 15 min
Cast: Susie Boniface, Karina Lester, Yami Lester, Professor Elizabeth Tynan, Professor Kevin Ruane

Britain's Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story (2026)

1:15 (75 min)

Documentary

United Kingdom

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Production

BBC, Hardcash Productions

Release date

25 October 2026

Director

Simon Rawles

Composer

Jim Copperthwaite

Producer

Simon Rawles

All team (26)

Actors

Susie Boniface

herself

Karina Lester

themself

Yami Lester

Self (Voice)(Archive Sound)

Professor Elizabeth Tynan

themself

Professor Kevin Ruane

themself

Archie Hart

themself

John Folkes

themself

Terry Quinlan

themself

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Short description

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.