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Report on a British Airways plane being hijacked by terrorists. The bravery of the pilot (who is interviewed) is highlighted; also includes interviews with an air steward and passengers, about the conditions...
Breaking news of the lifting of the six day Balcombe Street siege in Marylebone, London, as four IRA gunmen are taken out under armed cover and driven away to Brixton police station. Jon Snow reports from...
Press interview with Dr Tiede Herrema on his return to Ireland after his kidnap in the country. He speaks about what he did after he was released and why he came back to Ireland.
Jon Snow reports on the end of the Austrian OPEC hostage crisis. Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, having submitted to the kidnappers’ demands, defends his actions by quoting the agreement between Austria and...
Jon Snow reports on the end of the Balcombe Street Siege (06/12 to 12/12/75), in which four IRA members had taken a flat’s two residents, John and Sheila Matthews, captive. Includes a detailed account of...
Peter Sharp interviews Sunday Times journalist Jon Swain on his release from guerillas in Ethiopia, and the continuing ordeal of the Tyler family, also held hostage.
Paul Davies interviews the British Tyler family in Khartoum, about their experiences as hostages of Eritrean guerillas in Ethiopia. Held captive for eight months, their main problems appear to have been...
Jill Lourie interviews Sheila and John Matthews, hostages in the IRA Balcombe Street siege (1975) after the end of the resulting court case in 1977; about their memories of the event and how they hate the...
Haamas Abdul Khaalis, Hanafi Muslim terrorist leader, makes his demands to the authorities in Washington DC on 9/3/77. The terrorists seized 100 hostages in three buildings and threatened to behead them...
Pye Chamberlayne reports on the end of the siege in Washington DC on 11/3/77. The terrorists led by Hanafi muslim Haamas Abdul Khaalis, seized 100 hostages in three buildings and threatened to behead them...
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