Crickathon 91

Title

Crickathon 91

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

27 Sep 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:12:26

Description

Report by LBC reporter Mark Phillips on his worldwide fundraising tour where he visited cricketing nations to get celebrity signatures on Crickathon 91 charity cricket bats. The exercise culminates in a charity cricket tournament at Wembley Stadium today where the bats will be on display. Includes voice of LBC broadcaster Steve Jones during the wrapping-up (of Mark as a parcel-tour sponsored by DHL); interviews with Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif; UK High Commissioner in India, Simon Collis; Indian Prime Minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao; Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Dingiri Banda Wijetunge; Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricket captain; Pakistan cricket captain, Imran Khan.

Contributors

Steve Jones; Imran Khan; Mark Phillips; Nawaz Sharif; Simon Collis; P.V. Narasimha Rao; Dingiri Banda Wijetunge

Keywords

London; Travel; Charity; Fundraising; Cricket; Famous people; Wembley Stadium; DHL; Crickathon 91; Overseas mail

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