The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

Photograph, taken from above, of Duncan Sandys and Diana Sandys [earlier Diana Churchill and Diana Bailey], at their wedding, amid a crowd of people, some with cameras. They are both looking to the side, and smiling, Duncan Sandys wearing a dark jacket, and Diana in a white dress and close white hat with appliquéd white leaves round the brim. Beside them, a policeman trying to hold back the crowd.

Photograph of Duncan Sandys and Diana Sandys [earlier Diana Churchill and Diana Bailey], amid a crowd of people at the door of the church. They are both looking to the side, and smiling, Duncan Sandys wearing formal dress, with a dark jacket, light coloured waistcoat and silk tie, with a white flower in his buttonhole, and Diana in a white dress and close white hat with appliquéd white leaves round the brim.

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.