Iraq hostages return to the UK

Title

Iraq hostages return to the UK

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

24 Oct 1990

Year of production

1990

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:04:04

Description

Mark Phillips reports on the return through Gatwick Airport of 38 sick and elderly British hostages from Iraq out of 200 who had been held since the invasion of Kuwait, following negotiations by former Prime Minister Edward Heath. Includes interviews with hostage David Cunningham from Durham; hostage James Ure from Crawley and his son Geoff(?); diabetic hostage John York, who was refused insulin; Edward Heath; and Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic plane flew the hostages back.

Contributors

Edward Heath; Mark Phillips; Richard Branson; David Cunningham; John York; James Ure; Geoff(?) Ure

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; UK; Diplomacy; Hostages; Evacuation; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Gatwick Airport; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Baghdad; Insulin; Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.