Britain’s other islanders

Title

Britain’s other islanders

Genre

Interview; Documentary; News bulletin; Advertisement

TX Date

21 Jun 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:32:34

Description

Granada Television The World in Action programme Britain’s Other Islanders (broadcast on Thames Television) on the Illois people of Diego Garcia who were exiled to the slums of Mauritius after Britain leased the island to the USA in 1971 and are unable to return, and on the financial compensation paid to them by the British government. Includes archive film excerpt on the islands; interviews with US Admiral Elmo Zumwalt; Labour MP Robin Cook; islanders including Edward Venkatesan (through interpreter); Herve Silva, author of a report on the Illois living conditions; Kisha Mundil(?), member of a 1981 Mauritian delegation to London. With television advertisements, news headlines and weather.

Contributors

Robin Cook; Thames Television; Granada Television; Elmo Zumwalt; Edward Venkatesan; Herve Silva; Kisha Mundil

Keywords

USA; Exiles; Great Britain; Compensation; Living conditions; Television programmes; Refugees; Indigenous populations; Colonial countries; Television documentaries; Mauritius; Diego Garcia

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