{"podcast":{"title":"The BelTel","slug":"the-beltel-5373912","podcast_index_feed_id":5373912,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324","website_url":"https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/show-cover.jpg","author":"Belfast Telegraph Podcasts","episode_count":825,"summary":"The BelTel brings you some of Northern Ireland's top journalists, Allison Morris, Sam McBride and Suzanne Breen to name but a few, giving you the inside stories behind what is in the news. Presented by Ciarán Dunbar, the Bel Tel investigates, debates and informs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T06:18:36.697495+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912"},"episode":{"title":"Kew Files: Buried for decades, a mother’s harrowing letter amid officials’ Bloody Sunday papers","slug":"kew-files-buried-for-decades-a-mother-s-harrowing-letter-amid-officials-bloody-sunday-papers","published_at":"2026-05-13T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/kew-files-buried-for-decades-a-mother-s-harrowing-letter-amid-officials-bloody-sunday-papers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-beltel/episodes/kew-files-sam-mcbride-finds-harrowing-letter-in-bloody-sunda","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/e/6a032c09a257c57500b25d3a/media.mp3","summary":"Top civil servants had debated whether to effectively admit that Bloody Sunday was not as Lord Widgery's whitewash had claimed.  Documents uncovered in the formerly secret Kew Files reveal much debate among officials as to how they should deal with the legacy of the 14 deaths against the backdrop of the nascent peace process.    In one of these files is a heartfelt handwritten letter to the Prime Minister, John Major; it is a plea for justice.  It was written by Kathleen Kelly, mother of Michael Kelly, who died after being shot by Paratrooper Soldier F.      Ciarán Dunbar is joined by our Northern Ireland editor, Sam McBride.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Top civil servants had debated whether to effectively admit that Bloody Sunday was not as Lord Widgery's whitewash had claimed. &…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2284,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beltel-5373912/episodes/kew-files-buried-for-decades-a-mother-s-harrowing-letter-amid-officials-bloody-sunday-papers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/kew-files-buried-for-decades-a-mother-s-harrowing-letter-amid-officials-bloody-sunday-papers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}