British PKK hostages return home

Title

British PKK hostages return home

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

13 Aug 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:04:20

Description

Nicki Harvey (or Dominique Harvie?) reports from Manchester Airport on British hostage David Rowbottom and his Australian cousin Tania(?) Miller returning to the UK after being kidnapped in Turkey for a month by the Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, whilst on a round the world bicycle tour; selling their story to the Daily Mirror; and claims the kidnapping was set up to publicise the PKK. Alan Rowbottom, David’s father and British Ambassador John Goulden talk about how well they were treated; David and Tanya give a statement on the PKK.

Contributors

Dominique Harvie?; Alan Rowbottom; John Goulden; Nicki Harvey; David Rowbottom; Tanya(?) Miller

Keywords

Daily Mirror; UK; Hostages; Tourism; Ethnic groups; Turkey; Publicity; Abduction; Manchester Airport; Kurds; PKK; Kurdistan Workers Party; David Rowbottom; Tania(?) Miller; Bicycle touring

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