Secrets and Lies: Road to Suez

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The true story of how in 1956 Prime Minister, Anthony Eden, lied to Parliament and took Britain to war under false pretences, told through the eyes of a young civil servant, Donald Logan.Within days of his appointment as assistant to the Foreign Secretary, Logan is sent on a secret mission to Paris and soon finds himself at the centre of a major tripartite conspiracy. Together with representatives of France and Israel, a plan is hatched to attack Egypt following their nationalising of the Suez canal.Thirty years later as Government documents are to be declassified Logan must decide whether to tell his side of the story. Richard Monks' drama is based on several sources including Logan’s own unpublished memoir. It includes some imagined scenes.Donald Logan ..... Jamie Parker Irene Logan ..... Fenella Woolgar Anthony Eden ..... Joseph Millson Selwyn Lloyd ..... John Heffernan Patrick Dean ..... Elliot Cowan Christian Pineau ..... Raad Rawi Ben Gurion ..... Elliot Levey Moshe Dayan ..... Shai MathesonWriter ..... Richard Monks Director ..... Sally AvensA BBC Studios Audio Production

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