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Iran talks delegation (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Ben Brown interviews Cyril Townsend MP, one of a four-man, all-party Parliamentary delegation which flew to Iran in an attempt to help the release of the Beirut hostages, Terry Waite, John McCarthy and Brian...
Geoffrey Howe on Iran and Iraq (1988)
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- Interview
Andrew Manderstam interviews Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, following his speech to the UN General Assembly in New York where he appealed for an agreement to end the war between Iran and Iraq....
John McCarthy birthday in captivity (1988)
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- News report; Speech
Linda Duffin reports on British hostage, John McCarthy, who has spent a third birthday (26 November) in captivity after being kidnapped by Lebanese gunmen in Beirut in April 1986. Includes appeals for news...
Jill Morrell calls for Government action on hostages in Lebanon (1989)
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- Interview
Jill Morrell, girlfriend of British hostage John McCarthy, speaking following the meeting between Foreign Ministry official William Waldegrave and the Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, and...
British Ambassador in Beirut on hostages Waite, McCarthy and Keenan (1989)
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- Interview
The British Ambassador in Beirut, Allan Ramsay, has been travelling around the city trying to find out the whereabouts of hostages Terry Waite, John McCarthy and Brian Keenan. Here he is interviewed on his...
John McCarthy family press conference (1989)
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- News report; Press conference
Report on a press conference by Sheila McCarthy and Pat McCarthy, parents of Beirut hostage John McCarthy, in which they appealed for the release of their son, kidnapped 3 years ago. The report looks at how...
Messages for John McCarthy (1989)
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- Special; Speech
British journalist John Patrick McCarthy was kidnapped by Islamic Jihad terrorists in Lebanon in April 1986. Here, his mother, father and friends deliver a series of messages to John, wishing him good health...
Mother of imprisoned John McCarthy dies (1989)
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- Interview
Catherine Comerford of the Friends of John McCarthy on the death of his mother Sheila McCarthy in Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge last night. She had been fighting cancer for some years. John’s family...
C of E spokesman on hostage crisis (1989)
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- Interview
Interview with John Lyttle, spokesman for the Archibishop of Canterbury, on the possible fate of Church of England envoy, Terry Waite, who has been held captive in the Lebanon since 1987. He also refers to...
Service for Sheila McCarthy, mother of hostage John McCarthy (1989)
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- News report; Interview; Speech
Clive Myrie reports on a service of remembrance at St Bride’s Church, London, for Sheila McCarthy, mother of journalist John McCarthy who’s being held hostage in the Lebanon. Includes sermons by Canon...