“These lessons do need to be learnt so that it doesn’t happen again. It’s not about catching people out and slagging people off, or anything like that. It’s about making a difference in the future, isn’t it?”
These compelling, undramatic words of Tom Navin, Combat Medical Technician in the Royal Army Medical Corps, spoken towards the end of this sobering documentary, encapsulate the purpose of Falklands War – The Untold Story.
This Channel 4 heavyweight production is as much about sharp journalism as it is about recapping well-known history. There is much that is fresh, revealed for the first time.
