Dag Hammarskjold
Journalist Georgina Godwin chooses UN secretary-general, Dag Hammarskjold who died in 1961. With Matthew Parris. From 2016.
Sometime around midnight of September 17 1961, a plane approached an airstrip near Ndola in what was then northern Rhodesia.
The plane was a DC6, and on board the second ever secretary general of the United Nations, an aristocratic Swede called Dag Hammarskjold. He was on his way to try and mediate a war in the Congo, but the plane crashed and Hammarskjold was killed.
Was it an accident? The debate continues to this day.
Joining Matthew Parris to discuss the life and death of Hammarskjold are the journalist Georgina Godwin and the academic Susan Williams, author of Who Killed Hammarskjold? A dramatic and detailed discussion focuses on the events surrounding his death.
Producer: Miles Warde
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in August 2016.
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Matthew Parris |
| Interviewed Guest | Georgina Godwin |
| Interviewed Guest | Susan Williams |
| Producer | Miles Warde |
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Tue 23 Aug 2016 16:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4- Fri 26 Aug 2016 23:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Thu 8 Apr 2021 18:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 9 Apr 2021 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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