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