Kiss the Children for Me & Kim Sabido's Story

Kiss the Children for Me

Kathryn Nutbeem was five years old when her father was killed in the Falklands War, one of 56 men who perished when the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, Sir Galahad, was hit by Argentine fighter jets. Major Roger Nutbeem, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, had only been making a short visit to the ship at the time the bombs fell.

More than a quarter of a century later, Kathryn travelled to the Islands for the first time, to build a fuller picture of the father she hardly knew. She meets Islanders he spent time with and visits places he knew, sharing his love of folk singing and his final letters home. She speaks to people who were on the RFA Sir Galahad, and who saw the deadly attack, as she honours her dead father's sacrifice and his memory.

Produced by Susie Ferguson for British Forces Broadcasting Service

Kim Sabido’s Story

Kim Sabido was a rookie war reporter when he went to the Falklands war in 1982, and recorded and reported on some of the fiercest fighting on the mountains above the Islands' capital, Stanley - unprepared for the close combat, injury and shelling he saw.  Many veterans of the conflict continue to suffer nightmares, flashbacks and panic attacks, and some of those who witnessed the fighting were also deeply mentally scarred.

For the first time, five years ago, Kim talked about his personal experiences in the war, and returned to the Islands to confront the memories which had haunted him for decades. 

He revists Islanders he met during the conflict, and goes back to the places where he saw the fiercest battles as he tries to confront and make peace with the past.

Produced by Susie Ferguson for British Forces Broadcasting Service