Item 5 - John Simpson: Ireland - Newscripts, 1973

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MCPP/JS/3/5

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John Simpson: Ireland - Newscripts, 1973

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  • 3 May 1973 - 7 August 1973 (Creation)

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Simpson, John Cody Fidler (1944-present), journalist, foreign correspondent and Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
(9 August 1944 - present)

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Ring binder containing draft scripts for the news desk; 'Scene Around Six' [BBC Northern Ireland's nightly news programme] and RTE [Ireland's national public service broadcaster] covering Troubles in Ireland, the political stance of the Irish Taoiseach Jack Lynch, and the IRA.

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