09/11/2014
John McCarthy chooses his Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio highlights.
Among John McCarthy's picks, there are profound stories of human resilience, from colonial ladies coping with mud-hut living and witch doctors, to the brutality experienced by prisoners of war. He explores the mentality of violent extremists, and celebrates the difference that comes with disability. There are revelations about the lure of standing in the dark up to your waist in water while holding a stick. We'll be grooving to some funky bass playing and laughing quite a bit too...
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John McCarthy
John McCarthy is a journalist, writer and broadcaster whose previous work includes Excess Baggage on Radio 4 and sailing around the coast of Britain with Sandi Toksvig in the series, Island Race.Β
John gained the unwelcome accolade of Britain’s longest held hostage when he was kidnapped by terrorists while working as a TV journalist in Lebanon, spending the following five years in captivity. He used his experiences in Beirut to write Some Other Rainbow, along with Jill Morrell.Β
In 1992 John was appointed a CBE, and is now the patron of Freedom From Torture, a charity that provides care for survivors of torture in the UK.Β
Broadcast
- Sun 9 Nov 2014 18:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4