Don't shoot my driver!

By Vernon Mann

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Episodes: 25

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Join award winning TV foreign correspondent Vernon Mann on the road and listen to his crazy, scary, humorous, irreverent and sometimes sad stories from conflicts around the world in the days before mobile ‘phones and satellite communications. He’ll take you behind the media scenes during the Lebanese wars, the revolutions in Iran and Romania, troubles in Afghanistan and Belfast, unrest in China plus tantalising tales of his travels with the British Royal Family. You can contact him at vernonmannmedia@gmail.com

Episode Date
Ep.25 - Sweden’s PM cops it, channel hand glider blows it.
May 29, 2022
Ep.24 - Bosnia - West Country correspondent goes to war again.
May 22, 2022
Ep.23 - Rhodesia/Zimbabwe - Champagne with Churchill’s grandkids in the last days of white rule.
May 15, 2022
Ep.22 - Charles gets bored in New Zealand.
May 08, 2022
Ep.21 - Caribbean cocktails with the Queen.
May 01, 2022
Ep.20 - My role in the Falklands war and the death of Elvis.
Apr 24, 2022
Ep.19 - Wanted - Chasing Britain’s most wanted woman and other ripping yarns.
Mar 06, 2022
Ep.16 - Kidnaps - Waiting for hostages to be freed. The strange tale of a producer and a poodle in a Porsche.
Feb 27, 2022
Ep.17 - Romania - Christmas at the Revolution.
Feb 27, 2022
Ep.18 - Iran-Iraq War - Bird watching in the desert.
Feb 27, 2022
Ep.13 - China - More riots after a the Tiananmen Square massacre. I am arrested.
Feb 20, 2022
Ep.14 - Afghanistan - Or bust! Getting to the war to watch Russians withdraw.
Feb 20, 2022
Ep.15 - Afghanistan - Camping with the Mujaheddin; cluster-bombed by the Russians.
Feb 20, 2022
Ep.10 - Iran - The Shah flees with a plane load of booty.
Feb 13, 2022
Ep.11 - Iran - Chilling Eye contact with Ayatollah Khomeini as he returns from exile to a biblical welcome.
Feb 13, 2022
Ep.12 - Blowout! - I take a big gamble on coverage of a North Sea oil well disaster.
Feb 13, 2022
Ep.7 - Royalty - My travels and travails with the Royal Family.
Feb 09, 2022
Ep.8 - Iran - Fighter jets lead us to the revolution.
Feb 09, 2022
Ep.9 - Iran - The revolution hots up.
Feb 09, 2022
Ep.5 - Lebanon - Civil war dining... Reservations not required.
Jan 30, 2022
Ep.6 - Lebanon - We shoot up a curious coaster on the high seas.
Jan 30, 2022
Ep.3 - Lebanon - A champagne flight to the Civil War.
Jan 30, 2022
Ep.4 - Lebanon - Please don’t shoot our driver!
Jan 30, 2022
Ep.2 - Time Wasters - Terrific tales from Chile, East Berlin, Geneva and France
Jan 30, 2022
Ep.1 - Introduction - The news room laid bare
Jan 30, 2022