Documentary

Señor Cox vs The Generals

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Señor Cox vs The Generals

2026 Documentary

A 6-part podcast series telling the true story of how a small English language newspaper and its editor took on South America’s bloodiest dictatorship.

In 1976 the Buenos Aires Herald was the only newspaper that dared to defy Argentina's Military Dictatorship. Its editor Bob Cox used this small English-language newspaper to expose General Videla's genocidal plans and save lives. But in doing so this soft spoken Englishman would find himself at the centre of a deadly power struggle putting him and his family in the crosshairs of the regime’s most notorious henchmen.

The story of Bob Cox and the Buenos Aires Herald is a timely reminder of what happens when the media fails to speak truth to power.

Credits

Writer Simon Deeley
Series Producer Simon Deeley