Service for Sheila McCarthy, mother of hostage John McCarthy

Title

Service for Sheila McCarthy, mother of hostage John McCarthy

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

6 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:32

Description

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 John Oates and Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie; interviews with new Foreign Secretary, John Major, who was at the service; Jill Morrell, girlfriend of John McCarthy.

Contributors

Robert Runcie; John Major; Jill Morrell; John Oates; Clive Myrie

Keywords

Deaths; London; Lebanon; Hostages; Foreign policy; Fleet Street; Church services; John McCarthy; Sheila McCarthy; St. Bride’s Church

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