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Insight with Christina Lamb – the Flak Jacket in my Wardrobe – covering stories from Pakistan to Zimbabwe – FULLY BOOKED
Award-winning journalist Christina Lamb talks about how a friendship with Benazir Bhutto led to 20 years spent covering Afghanistan, Pakistan and Zimbabwe reporting on wars, politics, famines and dictators. FULLY BOOKED.
In the picture with Philip Jones Griffiths – Vietnam Trilogy – FULLY BOOKED
Philip Jones Griffiths, widely considered to be one of the greatest war photographers of the twentieth century presents his Vietnam Trilogy; photographs from the books that became classics of photojournalism and had a major influence on American perceptions of the war.
Insight with David Horovitz – editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post
David Horovitz, editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post, talks about the Middle East and the Israeli media.
NEW – Media Talk – Kenya in Turmoil
Following Kenya’s disputed elections and the post-election unrest our panel discusses whether democracy can win in this divided country.
Insight with James Appathurai – NATO in Afghanistan and beyond
NATO’s principal spokesman and member of the alliance’s senior policy board talks about the organisation’s role in international affairs – especially Afghanistan, Kosovo and relations with Russia.
Insight with Kasra Naji – Who is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? – FULLY BOOKED
Internationally acclaimed journalist Kasra Naji, a native Persian speaker, has spent years in Iran interviewing friends, family and colleagues of President Ahmadinejad and now tells the real story of his rise to power.
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Media Talk: Uzbekistan – repression and lack of democracy in Central Asia- FULLY BOOKED
Following the murder of outspoken Uzbek journalist Alisher Saipov, we look at this Central Asian country which has won notoriety for its human rights abuses and repression.
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An evening with Sir David Frost: from Nixon to Al Jazeera – FULLY BOOKED
Legendary TV presenter, interviewer, producer and author, Sir David Frost talks about his remarkable career in television.
Insight with Sir Jeremy Greenstock – Britain’s position in the world
London’s former ambassador to the UN and the first British envoy to Iraq talks about British foreign policy in the new world order.
Media Talk: Burma’s bloody crackdown and uncertain future
This year’s protests in Burma were witnessed by millions around the world thanks to internet and mobile phone technology, but was it enough to change the regime?
Insight with Suzanne Goldenberg – Is America ready for Hillary? – FULLY BOOKED
Award-winning Guardian journalist Suzanne Goldenberg talks about the possibility of the Americans electing their first-ever woman president.
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Insight with James Naughtie – the Music of War and Revolution
The inimitable voice of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, James Naughtie talks about some of the most iconic war and revolutionary musical pieces by Bethoven, Verdi, Elgar, Shostakovich and Olivier Messiaen.
Insight with the editor of The Times Robert Thomson
Editor of the Times and favourite to become the new editor of the Wall Street Journal, Robert Thomson, talks to Roy Greenslade about the media, news and journalism.
Insight with Alan Johnston: “being buried alive” – surviving a kidnapping – FULLY BOOKED
BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston, who spent 114 days in captivity and was released after an unprecedented international media campaign, talks to John Owen about his ordeal and life after the kidnapping.
Insight with Martin Bell – On Politics, Spin, Wars and Journalism
Martin Bell, maverick politician and one of the most distinguished foreign affairs reporters of his generation, talks about New Labour, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and spin.
Media Talk: Russia – Cold War II?
A year after Anna Politkovskaya’s murder and the beginning of the Litvinenko affair and with just five months to go before presidential elections, Russia’s relations with Britain and other western countries are increasingly strained.
Screening: Talk Mogadishu: Media Under Fire
Mogadishu: Media Under Fire is the story of HornAfrik, the first independent TV and radio station in war-torn Mogadishu founded by three Somali Canadian refugee families who refused to believe that their country was a hopeless case.
Insight with Lt Col Stuart Tootal and Patrick Bishop: Can the British win in Afghanistan?
Commander of 3 Para Battle Group in Afghanistan, Lt Col Tootal, talks about the challenges the Group faced in Helmand: the fighting and the casualties, the logistics and the ongoing fight to win ‘hearts and minds’.
Media Talk: Pakistan Votes
Elections in Pakistan are due in October and Pervez Musharraf’s position is looking fragile, but he is not ready to give in.
Frontline Confidential – Beslan: Has the truth been told?
Writer Timothy Phillips talks about Beslan three years after the terrible tragedy there. He looks at whether the small tight-knit community been able to overcome the shock of what happened and questions whether we will ever find out the truth about the events of September 2004.
Insight with John Fisher Burns: The longest serving western journalist in Iraq
Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and the longest serving western journalist in Iraq, John Fisher Burns talks about life in Iraq before and during the war and during the ongoing occupation.
Media Talk. Iraq Surge: ‘Real Gains’ or Fiasco?
With the death toll rising and sectarian violence apparently worsening in Iraq, pressure is building for American and British troops to withdraw sooner rather than later even general Petraeus agrees, but for a different reason.
Insight with Andrew Keen: Is the internet killing journalism?
Silicon Valley veteran Andrew Keen explains why he believes the internet promotes plagiarism and piracy and is killing professional journalism and culture.
Media Talk: Has western coverage of the China story become stale and cliched?
While the western media focuses on the well-worn stories of economic growth and human rights abuses, China is undergoing a huge economic and social transformation.
Insight with Henry Hemming: The Middle East as Art Project
British artist Henry Hemming travels to the Middle East in search of artistic inspiration and finds more than a conflict zone.
Insight with Marina Litvinenko and Alex Goldfarb: Alexander and the Russian Secret Service – FULLY BOOKED
The widow of the FSB defector Alexander Litvinenko and his best friend talk about the realities of the Russian secret service and share their thoughts on who is responsible for his poisoning.
Media Talk: Is the international community worsening the situation in Palestine?
As the conflict between Hamas and Fatah divides Palestine further we look at whether the international community has helped or hindered solutions to the crisis.
Media Talk: Gordon’s Foreign Policy
With thousands of troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, growing tensions with a resurgent Russia and the threat of terrorism at home and abroad, pressure is mounting on Gordon Brown to define Britain’s new foreign policy.
Insight with Hadani Ditmars – Being a Woman in Iraq
Hadani Ditmars, Canadian journalist who has been writing from Iraq since 1997, talks to Fionnuala Sweeney about women in Iraq and how their lives have changed, drawing on her experiences described in her acclaimed book Dancing in the No-Fly Zone.
Insight with Benazir Bhutto: Pakistan on the Brink
Former prime minister of Pakistan and head of the Pakistan People’s Party talks about the future of her country – one of the West’s key allies in the "war on terror".