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2026-03-07 1500-1600

Road to Suez
Secrets and Lies

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Richard Monks' drama is based on several sources including Logan’s own unpublished memoir.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 Matheson

Writer ..... Richard Monks
Director ..... Sally Avens

A BBC Studios Audio Production

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002scqz