Dr David Kelly Part 1

EPISODE 6.13: DR DAVID KELLY

In 2003 Dr David Kelly was at the very pinnacle of his career. A brilliant scientist and world-renowned inspector of biological weapons sites, he had worked everywhere from Britain’s top secret military labs at Porton Down, to ex-Soviet weapons facilities, to alleged WMD caches in war-torn Iraq. But when he questioned an aspect of the UK government’s justification for going to war - the “forty-five minute claim” - he found himself in a new type of conflict zone. And a deadly one, at that. For, just one day after ebulliently giving evidence to a parliamentary committee, in which he had reiterated his disapproval of the controversial claim, Dr David Kelly lay dead.

This is the first installment of a three part investigation.