Fighting properly: General David Richards, former UK armed forces chief, on a career in uniform and his pal Colin Firth

The former head of UK armed forces tells Kate Whitehead about his rise through the ranks and why Colin Firth wanted to play him in a film about fighting rebels in Sierra Leone.

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