David Kelly
Type: Person
As of November 2026, David Kelly has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Stuff You Should Know (Dec 2025). Mentioned as the source for Andrew Gilligan's controversial BBC report on the Iraq dossier.
David Christopher Kelly was a Welsh scientist and authority on biological warfare (BW). A former head of the Defence Microbiology Division working at Porton Down, Kelly was part of a joint US-UK team that inspected civilian biotechnology facilities in Russia in the early 1990s and concluded they were running a covert and illegal BW programme. He was appointed to the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) in 1991 as one of its chief weapons inspectors in Iraq and led ten of the organisation's
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on Stuff You Should Know |
| Role | UN Weapons Expert |
| Affiliation | United Nations |
Who talks about David Kelly on podcasts?
David Kelly came up; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on Stuff You Should Know.
What is David Kelly mentioned alongside?
David Kelly is most often mentioned alongside BBC Radio 1, Justin Prince and Linda Kyle.
Mentioned together: BBC Radio 1, Justin Prince, Linda Kyle, HIV, Stuff You Should Know, Attorney General, CBS, Angelina Diana, Paul "Dizzy Hips" Blair, Cecil Lewis