Newstalk

Title

Newstalk

Genre

News report; Interview; Discussion; News bulletin; Advertisement

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:23:25

Description

Frank Bough interviews Daphne Parish, a British nurse working in Iraq, who was arrested on suspicion of spying and sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. She describes her capture, interrogation and imprisonment and how she survived. Also discusses her book Prisoner in Baghdad. Also includes report on Covent Garden bombing with Peter Deeley reporting from the scene and interviews with eyewitnesses; traffic news with Jill(?) Crone(?); commercials; news bulletin read by Steve Wright; financial news; weather. Starts in middle of interview.

Contributors

Geoffrey Goodman; Frank Bough; Peter Deeley; John Cole; Daphne Parish; Steve Wright; Carol Sarler; Jill(?) Crone(?)

Keywords

Books; Authors; London; Terrorism; Prisons; Covent Garden; Espionage; Autobiographies; Imprisonment; Iraq; Daphne Parish; Prisoner in Baghdad; Baghdad

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