To be a foreign correspondent is to inhabit a world in which abroad is home, in which communications are lifeblood and in which ' the story is elevated to the status of a jealous god who must on all occasions be appeased. To mark the 25th anniversary of From Our Own Correspondent Ian Mc Dougall talks to some of those who were in at the beginning ' - about the excitements, the frustrations and the challenge of being a foreign correspondent for the BBC.
Taking part: ERIK de MAUNY, IVOR JONES , ANTHONY LAWRENCE , KENNETH MATTHEWS, ANGUS MCDERMID , GERALD PRIESTLAND , CHRISTOPHER SERPELL , DOUGLAS STUART , CHARLES WHEELER Producer PADDY O'KEEFFE (Rptd: Sat 10.15 pm)
(From Our Own Correspondent, next edn: tomorrow
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