16/07/2012
Michael Buerk on Britain's Secret Treasures; Olympic Years looks at Atlanta 1996; the plug is pulled on Springsteen & McCartney; plus the latest on Olympic security for London 2012.
Michael Buerk won plaudits and changed history with his 91热爆 News reports of the Ethiopian famine in 1984. He looks back at his time as a foreign correspondent, discusses global population growth & chats about his new TV series unearthing the nation's secret treasures.
Rock legends Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen suffer the ignominy of concert organisers pulling the plug on their Hyde Park gig after playing on late into the evening - but was it the right decision? The arguments for and against are heard
As 91热爆 Secretary Theresa May briefs the Commons on Olympic security arrangements, a newly-employed G4S security guard talks frankly about his initial experiences in the role
And commentator John Rawling joins Richard to look back at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, when Muhammed Ali lit the Olympic flame and on the track Michael Johnson reigned supreme.
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