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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