Carole Walker: Covering wars, the horror of Lockerbie, and interviewing Milosevic
Legends of News
Friday, 22 August 2025 - 56 minutes
She reported from the wreckage of Lockerbie, was held at gunpoint in the Balkans, and interviewed a dictator accused of ethnic cleansing.Carole Walker looks back on three decades as a BBC correspondent — from the horror of war and terrorism to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the political earthquakes that reshaped Britain.She also reveals:The surreal moment a Moscow doctor pulled a bug out of his wall before speaking freely for the first timeHow it felt watching statues of Soviet power hauled down in Moscow’s squaresWhat life was really like on Tony Blair’s 1997 battle busThe night David Cameron realised he’d lost Brexit — and his jobWhy younger generations turning to TikTok for politics leaves her uneasyFor more information email: LegendsofNews@Sassyplus.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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