John McCarthy vigil one year after taken hostage
- Title
- John McCarthy vigil one year after taken hostage
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 17 Apr 1987
- Year of production
- 1987
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- Duration
- 00:02:15
- Description
- One year after his capture the friends and family of Beirut hostage John McCarthy have held a twelve hour vigil at St Bride’s church in Fleet Street. Report on the service and interview with Rector Canon John Oates making a personal appeal to John’s captors urging them to release him. Speech from service heard in background. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- John Oates
- Keywords
- London; Lebanon; Beirut; Hostages; Fleet Street; Journalists; John McCarthy; St Bride’s Church
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LBC/IRN, "John McCarthy vigil one year after taken hostage". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0002600181014 (Accessed 27 Apr 2025)