Finally got round to watching this last night on video…..only took me a month!

On the whole I thought it was quite well done with the emphasis (rightly) on the experiences of the crews involved. The ‘low-budget’ effects didn’t detract too much from the human story.

Unfortunately the program repeated the ‘fact’ that a Lynx helicopter from HMS Coventry sank two Argentine patrol vessels with Sea Skua missiles. In fact only one vessel was present and that was attacked twice and not sunk, although it was severely damaged, many of the crew were killed, and it limped back to Argentina to take no further part in the war. In fairness this was an easy mistake to make and it is repeated in the book by David Hart-Dyke, the captain of HMS Coventry.

The most interesting part for me was the account of how HMS Coventry repeatedly requested to move further offshore (were the Sea Dart system was not compromised) and how those requests were repeatedly denied by Admiral Woodward. I’ve always thought HMS Coventry should have been further offshore and so it seems did her captain!