From Our Own Correspondent

Twenty One episodes. First broadcast from 19671021 to 20080830.

 
 
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Programme Catalogue - Details: 21 October 196719671021Next in series: 16 March 1968
Previous in series: 04 February 1967
Description
SBH:Report on the present stage in the Nigerian war after the fall of the Biafran capital of Enugu to Federal forces. Rec. Enugu. From a programme in the series From Our Own Correspondent.
PRE:Desolation of Enugu today contrasted with its former prosperity. State of dispossessed Ibos. Continuing Biafran resistance and possible future course of the war. Federal aims and inefficient propaganda. NTS:Martin Bell (SNF) DTF:Script OTN:YAF 42 X 2708
Broadcast history
21 Oct 1967 00:00-00:00 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Martin Bell (Speaker)
Notes: CAIRS 291013.
Programme Catalogue - Details: 10 July 199019900710Next in series: 07 August 1990
Previous in series: 14 November 1989
Description
SBH:Reports on economic summit in Texas, German economy, Eritrean rebels, separatism in Assam, India and the ending of vendettas between Yugoslavian families. Reporters: Dominick Harrod, Diana Goodman, Colin Blane, Mark Tully & Jim Fish. Presenter: Peter Donaldson.
Broadcast history
10 Jul 1990 00:00-00:00 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Peter Donaldson (Speaker)
Colin Blane (Speaker)
Mark Tully (Speaker)
Diana Goodman (Speaker)
Jim Fish (Speaker)
Dominick Harrod (Speaker)
Notes: CAIRS 510714
Programme Catalogue - Details: 07 August 199019900807Next in series: 30 October 1990
Previous in series: 10 July 1990
Description
SBH:German Reunification. Ben Bradshaw reports on W.Berliners' mixed feelings about the opening of the Berlin Wall the previous year.
PRE:Bradshaw: fall of Berlin Wall means W.Berliners now have commuters, traffic jams, busy shops, queues for restaurants. Many say they would like Wall back. Differences in his own daily life. Immigrants; begging; surge in crime rate. OTN:TLN032/90VQ4232 TXN/TDT:R4 07-Aug-1990 CON:BRADSHAW Ben (spkr)
Broadcast history
07 Aug 1990 00:00-00:00 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Ben Bradshaw (Speaker)
Notes: CAIRS 324998
Programme Catalogue - Details: 30 October 199019901030Producer: Z. MASANI
Next in series: 18 December 1990
Previous in series: 07 August 1990
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Subject Categories
albania
tirana (albania)
current affairs programmes (genre)
journalists
gulf war 1991
eu foreign policy
Broadcast history
30 Oct 1990 11:25-11:50 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Christopher Morris
Allan Little
David Willey
Corrie Corfield
David Mcneil
Misha Glenny
Programme Catalogue - Details: 18 December 199019901218Next in series: GULF SPECIAL
Previous in series: 30 October 1990
Description
SBH:Jan Rocha reports on the trial in the town of Xapuri in the Brazilian Amazon. Chico Mendez became famous for leading rubber tappers in a fight to save the rainforest from the onslaught of cattle ranchers and road builders. From: From Our Own Correspondent.
PRE:Rocha: recalls Mendez and his fight against the landowners who threatened rubber tappers' existence. Three years after his killing, Dali Alviz, a rancher, and his son Darci stand accused of murder. Describes crowded courtroom. Both men were found guilty & sentenced to 19 years imprisonment, to satisfaction of union leaders and poor rubber tappers, some of whom had travelled miles to see justice done. OTN:TLN051/90VQ4251 TXN/TDT:R4 18-Dec-1990 CON:ROCHA Jan (spkr)
Broadcast history
18 Dec 1990 00:00-00:00 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Jan Rocha (Speaker)
Notes: CAIRS 602211
Programme Catalogue - Details: 28 January 199519950128Producer: T. GRANT
Next in series: 18 February 1995
Previous in series: 19 January 1995
Broadcast history
28 Jan 1995 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4).
Programme Catalogue - Details: 14 September 199519950914Producer: T. GRANT
Next in series: 16 September 1995
Previous in series: 19 August 1995
Broadcast history
14 Sep 1995 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1995-09-12
Programme Catalogue - Details: 16 September 199519950916Producer: T. GRANT
Notes: MASTER TAPE INDEXED BY SOUND ARCHIVE SLU DO NOT EDIT
Next in series: SPECIAL, 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Previous in series: 14 September 1995
Description
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Subject Categories
current affairs programmes (genre)
animal protection (animal habits)
water buffaloes
Broadcast history
16 Sep 1995 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Iain Simpson
Tony Grant (Producer)
Programme Catalogue - Details: Special, 40th Anniversary19950923Producer: T. GRANT
Next in series: 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (1/2)
Previous in series: 16 September 1995
Broadcast history
23 Sep 1995 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4)
Programme Catalogue - Details: 40th Anniversary Edition (1/2)19950928Producer: T. GRANT
Next in series: 16 November 1995
Previous in series: SPECIAL, 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Broadcast history
28 Sep 1995 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4)
Programme Catalogue - Details: 04 January 199619960104Producer: T. GRANT
Next in series: 11 January 1996
Previous in series: 30 December 1995
Broadcast history
04 Jan 1996 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4)
Programme Catalogue - Details: 11 January 199619960111Producer: T. GRANT
Next in series: 20 January 1996
Previous in series: 04 January 1996
Broadcast history
11 Jan 1996 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4)
Programme Catalogue - Details: 20 January 199619960120Producer: T. GRANT
Next in series: 25 January 1996
Previous in series: 11 January 1996
Description
Pres by Peter DONALDSON. Producer Tony GRANT.
Subject Categories
afghanistan
current affairs programmes (genre)
somalia civil war
sieges
soviet situation
russia situation
somali situation
cooking techniques
palestine general election (january 1996)
a culinary journey through germany (cook book)
Broadcast history
20 Jan 1996 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Peter Donaldson
Stephen Sackur
Angus Roxburgh
William Horsley
Jane Standley
Peter Greste
Tony Grant (Producer)
Programme Catalogue - Details: 25 January 199619960125Next in series: 01 February 1996
Previous in series: 20 January 1996
Description
SBH:Reports from Sanchia Berg in Warsaw, Bob Simpson in Sarajevo, Kevin Connolly in Moscow, Mark MacDonald in Belize & James Robbins in Brussels. Presenter: Peter Donaldson.
Broadcast history
25 Jan 1996 00:00-00:00 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
James Robbins (Speaker)
Peter Donaldson (Speaker)
Kevin Connolly (Speaker)
Bob Simpson (Speaker)
Sanchia Berg (Speaker)
Mark Macdonald (Speaker)
Notes: CAIRS 641417
Programme Catalogue - Details: 01 February 199619960201Producer: T. GRANT
Next in series: LETTER TO DANIEL
Previous in series: 25 January 1996
Broadcast history
01 Feb 1996 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4).
Programme Catalogue - Details: Letter To Daniel19960215Next in series: 29 February 1996
Previous in series: 01 February 1996
Description
SBH:Fergal Keane's letter to his son - the BBC's Asia correspondent's very moving personal reflection on the joys and fears of fatherhood, written as he cradled his newborn son, Daniel, in his left arm. The experience prompted memories of his own beginnings and the children he's encountered on assignment. From: From Our Own Correspondent.
Broadcast history
15 Feb 1996 00:00-00:00 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Fergal Keane (Speaker)
Notes: CAIRS 604983
Programme Catalogue - Details: 29 February 199619960229Producer: T. GRANT
Next in series: 21 March 1996
Previous in series: LETTER TO DANIEL
Description
Pres by Harriet CASS. Producer Gudrun DALIBOR.
Subject Categories
bahrein islands
chicago (illinois)
falkland islands
current affairs programmes (genre)
hamas (islamic terrorist group)
middle east crisis
suicide
bombings (criminal)
traders
protected species (animals)
penguins (birds)
seals (mammal)
explosives (weapons)
australian general election 1996
rioting in bahrain (1996)
possible extinction
Broadcast history
29 Feb 1996 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Richard Wilson
Stephen Sackur
Harriet Cass
Andy Tighe
Simon Ingram
Red Harrison
Gudrun Dalibor (Producer).
 20080802BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
 20080823BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
 
 20080830 BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
Programme Catalogue - Station Radio 4