Taking A Stand

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20071204

Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks to stand up for what they believe in.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20071211

Fergal Keane talks to a man whose sister was the victim of a so-called honour killing.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20071218

Fergal Keane talks to Pascal Khoo Thwe, a Burmese dissident who took up arms.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20080101

Fergal Keane talks to identical twins who were separated at birth as part of an experiment

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20080108

Fergal Keane talks to Dr Saad Eskander, director of Iraq's National Library.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20080115

Fergal Keane talks to Paul Kelly, whose 18-year-old son Simon killed himself.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20090203

Fergal Keane talks to people who have made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20100112

Fergal Keane talks to Barbara Cherish. Adopted at the age of 13, she assumed a new identity in the United States. It would take traumatic events much later in life to propel Barbara to take a stand to uncover the full truth about the father she had never known - a man who had, for a time, been Commandant of Auschwitz.

Fergal Keane talks to Barbara Cherish, who took a new identity after being adopted at 13.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20100119

Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in.

How does it feel to come under armed attack by Somali pirates when you know you are days away from any kind of protection? Peter Stapleton knows. He was master of the cargo ship Boularibank when it was targeted by pirates at the entrance to the Gulf of Aden. Aside from cargo and crew, he was also carrying eleven passengers, including his wife. Peter Stapleton tells Fergal Keane how he managed to repel the boarders.

Fergal Keane talks to Peter Stapleton about being attacked by Somali pirates.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20100126

Fergal Keane talks to Micheal Semple, a former EU official, who had spent most of career working to bring peace to Afghanistan. But in 2007, while working on a plan to integrate moderate Taliban back into society, he found himself expelled from the country on the orders of the president. He was accused of being a spy and a Taliban supporter.

Fergal Keane talks to Michael Semple whose ideas saw him expelled from Afghanistan.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20100202

Fergal Keane talks to Dr Jim Swire, who has waged a long campaign to expose those he believes were responsible for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, in which his daughter died.

It has been 21 years since his daughter, Flora, died when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, yet Jim Swire's demands for a full public enquiry into the incident remain undimmed. Only then, he believes, might the full story be exposed. Jim has also fought for the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, a man he helped bring to trial but has long believed was innocent.

Fergal Keane talks to Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter, Flora, died in the Lockerbie bombing.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20100209

Fergal Keane talks to Barbara Harris, whose organisation pays drug- and alcohol-addicted women to take long-term contraception.

Barbara's experience of fostering babies born to those addicted to drugs and alcohol led her to one conclusion: that these women should be offered financial inducement to be sterilised, or given long-term contraception to stop them having children they are unable to care for. Founded over a decade ago in the United States, her organisation, Project Prevention, has so far made payments to over 3,000 women.

Featuring Barbara Harris, whose organisation pays addicted women to take contraception.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20100216

Fergal Keane talks to William and Kate Lyons about the devastating effects of bipolar disorder on both sufferer and carer.

The lives of William and Kate Lyons, a young married couple, have included dealing with Kate's bipolar depression. It's a condition she has had most of her adult life and that William has to monitor constantly. It has led, on one occasion, to him having Kate sectioned under the Mental Health Act. They have decided to speak out because they believe there is a taboo surrounding the illness which can leave carers, as well as sufferers, isolated and vulnerable.

Fergal Keane talks to William and Kate Lyons about the effects of bipolar disorder.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20101116

Fergal Keane talks to Andr退 Hanscombe, partner of Rachel Nickell who was murdered on Wimbledon common in 1992. Their three year old son Alex was found clinging to her body.

Colin Stagg was charged with the killing. He would turn out to be innocent. Meanwhile the real murderer, Robert Napper, would go on to kill and rape again. It would be more than a decade before advances in DNA enabled the police to link Napper with the murder of Rachel Nickell.

Andr退 Hanscombe talks for the first time about why he fought to have the full facts of the investigation disclosed by taking a complaint to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. Their report detailed a catalogue of 'dreadful mistakes' by the Metropolitan Police which allowed Robert Napper to slip through the net time and time again. Andr退 Hanscombe received a public apology from the Police but they declined to offer compensation.

Fergal Keane talks to Andre Hanscombe partner of Rachel Nickell who was murdered in 1992.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20101123

Fergal Keane talks to Noreen Oliver about why her own experience of overcoming an addiction to alcohol led her to set up two treatment centres. She is now one of this country's leading advocates of abstinence as a goal for all addicts. There are over a quarter of a million people in Britain currently addicted to heroin and crack cocaine. The recovery rate is estimated to be three percent. Noreen Oliver believes that the over reliance on 'substitute drugs' like methadone is preventing many addicts getting off drugs altogether.

Fergal Keane talks to Noreen Oliver about the treatment of drug and alcohol addicts.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20101130

Fergal Keane talks to Claudia Wallace. Mexico has become one of the kidnap capitals of the world as drug gangs seek to consolidate their power. Claudia's brother Hugo was one of the many hundreds who go missing each year. He was abducted in 2005 and his body has never been found. Believing the police to be involved in his disappearance, Claudia and her mother Isabel decided to investigate the case themselves, sometimes wearing disguises to eavesdrop on those they knew were involved. They discovered Hugo had been lured to an apartment by an attractive woman and killed the night he was taken, his body is disposed of in black bin liners. But extraordinarily they managed to bring 5 of his kidnappers to justice, a rare occurrence in Mexico. And they have pressed for, and achieved, changes in the law on kidnapping.

Fergal Keane talks to Claudia Wallace about the kidnap of her brother Hugo.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20101207

Fergal Keane talks to Jean-Robert Cadet. Born in Haiti, Jean-Robert became a domestic slave when his mother died. He was four years old. On the island they are called 'Restavecs', children given board and lodging in exchange for unpaid work around the home. There are estimated to be over a quarter of a million Restavecs in Haiti. And the number has almost certainly swelled with the children left orphaned by the earthquake earlier this year. Jean-Robert Cadet tells Fergal Keane about how his early experience as a slave has affected his life and why he is putting pressure on the Haitian government to make the practice unacceptable.

Fergal Keane talks to Jean-Robert Cadet, a former Haitian child slave.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20101214

Fergal Keane talks to Mohsen Sazegara. He was at the heart of Ayatollah Khomeini's regime from the moment the spiritual leader returned to Iran in 1979. Sazegara helped found the now feared Revolutionary Guard. He watched as those who dissented were executed in their hundreds. But then the regime began to turn against him. Following an interrogation in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, Mohsen Sazegara began to speak out against the Islamic state he had helped create - a dangerous course of action.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

20101221

Fergal Keane talks to Suzanne Hook. Born in Saigon at the height of the Vietnam War, she was found under a bush and taken to an orphanage. Suzanne believes her father to be a black American GI, her mother Vietnamese. Brought to Britain and adopted when she was three, she went on to marry and became a successful businesswoman. But a holiday to Vietnam in 2006 changed everything. Suzanne Hook decided to sell all her possessions in the United Kingdom and found an orphanage in the country of her birth.

Fergal Keane talks to Suzanne Hook about her decision to found an orphanage in Vietnam.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

Catherine Mccartney

20090120

Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in.

Catherine McCartney's brother Robert was allegedly killed by a group of IRA men following a disagreement in a bar in Belfast. When his family felt that they could not get justice for Robert's death in Northern Ireland, they took their campaign to the White House. They received death threats and were ostracised by the nationalist community in which they had grown up. Catherine talks to Fergal about why she feels that, although there is now peace in Northern Ireland, its communities are still as divided as ever.

Catherine McCartney on seeking justice for her brother Robert, allegedly killed by the IRA

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

Garry Kasparov

20090113

Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in.

Garry Kasparov was only 22 when he became the youngest ever World Chess Champion. His was a gilded youth, lauded by the Soviet state. Yet he was always known as a bit of a trouble maker, unwilling to tow the party line. His greatest stand, though, would be a very personal one - against Vladimir Putin.

He talks to Fergal Keane about why he decided to stand for the presidency of Russia, a decision that led to his imprisonment. And whether he thinks he will survive as a defiant presence in a country where some critics of the state have met a violent death.

Garry Kasparov on being a dissenting voice in Russian politics.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

Jimmy Lai

20090127

Jimmy Lai was smuggled from China to Hong Kong by boat at the age of 12. He worked his way up from child labourer to become the owner of Giordano, one of the best-known clothing retailers in Asia. But Tiananmen Square was a turning point for him, when he supported the protestors, financially and politically. Since 1989, he has become one of the most outspoken advocates for greater democracy in China. His stand has forced him to sell the company he started and he is no longer allowed to return to the mainland.

Chinese businessman Jimmy Lai, who supported the Tiananmen Square protesters in 1989.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

Lana Vandenberghe

20081223

Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in. Lana Vandenberghe was working as a secretary for the Independent Police Complaints Commission when she found herself assigned to an investigation into one of the most controversial police actions of recent times: the shooting dead of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell tube station in London. When, during the course of her work, she saw pictures and letters that seemed to contradict what the police were saying about the incident, she decided to leak the documents to the press. It was a decision that would have dramatic consequences for her and contribute to calls for the resignation of Sir Ian Blair, then Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

Lana Vandenberghe's role in the Jean Charles de Menezes case.

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

Lenny Harper

20081230

Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in. The allegations were horrific: not only abuse but also torture - and possibly murder - in the cellars of a former children's home, Haut de la Garenne, in Jersey. But now police on the island have announced that they have no evidence that anyone was killed there. And Lenny Harper, the police officer originally in charge of the investigation, has been accused of misleading the public. He tells Fergal Keane about the pressures upon him and why it was his desire to bring justice for those claiming abuse that led him to manage the investigation in the way he did.

Fergal Keane talks to people who have made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in

Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

Episodes

Title	First Broadcast	Comments
	20071204	Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks to stand up for what they believe in. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20071211	Fergal Keane talks to a man whose sister was the victim of a so-called honour killing. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20071218	Fergal Keane talks to Pascal Khoo Thwe, a Burmese dissident who took up arms. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20080101	Fergal Keane talks to identical twins who were separated at birth as part of an experiment Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20080108	Fergal Keane talks to Dr Saad Eskander, director of Iraq's National Library. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20080115	Fergal Keane talks to Paul Kelly, whose 18-year-old son Simon killed himself. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20090203	Fergal Keane talks to people who have made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20100112	Fergal Keane talks to Barbara Cherish. Adopted at the age of 13, she assumed a new identity in the United States. It would take traumatic events much later in life to propel Barbara to take a stand to uncover the full truth about the father she had never known - a man who had, for a time, been Commandant of Auschwitz. Fergal Keane talks to Barbara Cherish, who took a new identity after being adopted at 13. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20100119	Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in. How does it feel to come under armed attack by Somali pirates when you know you are days away from any kind of protection? Peter Stapleton knows. He was master of the cargo ship Boularibank when it was targeted by pirates at the entrance to the Gulf of Aden. Aside from cargo and crew, he was also carrying eleven passengers, including his wife. Peter Stapleton tells Fergal Keane how he managed to repel the boarders. Fergal Keane talks to Peter Stapleton about being attacked by Somali pirates. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20100126	Fergal Keane talks to Micheal Semple, a former EU official, who had spent most of career working to bring peace to Afghanistan. But in 2007, while working on a plan to integrate moderate Taliban back into society, he found himself expelled from the country on the orders of the president. He was accused of being a spy and a Taliban supporter. Fergal Keane talks to Michael Semple whose ideas saw him expelled from Afghanistan. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20100202	Fergal Keane talks to Dr Jim Swire, who has waged a long campaign to expose those he believes were responsible for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, in which his daughter died. It has been 21 years since his daughter, Flora, died when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, yet Jim Swire's demands for a full public enquiry into the incident remain undimmed. Only then, he believes, might the full story be exposed. Jim has also fought for the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, a man he helped bring to trial but has long believed was innocent. Fergal Keane talks to Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter, Flora, died in the Lockerbie bombing. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20100209	Fergal Keane talks to Barbara Harris, whose organisation pays drug- and alcohol-addicted women to take long-term contraception. Barbara's experience of fostering babies born to those addicted to drugs and alcohol led her to one conclusion: that these women should be offered financial inducement to be sterilised, or given long-term contraception to stop them having children they are unable to care for. Founded over a decade ago in the United States, her organisation, Project Prevention, has so far made payments to over 3,000 women. Featuring Barbara Harris, whose organisation pays addicted women to take contraception. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20100216	Fergal Keane talks to William and Kate Lyons about the devastating effects of bipolar disorder on both sufferer and carer. The lives of William and Kate Lyons, a young married couple, have included dealing with Kate's bipolar depression. It's a condition she has had most of her adult life and that William has to monitor constantly. It has led, on one occasion, to him having Kate sectioned under the Mental Health Act. They have decided to speak out because they believe there is a taboo surrounding the illness which can leave carers, as well as sufferers, isolated and vulnerable. Fergal Keane talks to William and Kate Lyons about the effects of bipolar disorder. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20101116	Fergal Keane talks to Andr退 Hanscombe, partner of Rachel Nickell who was murdered on Wimbledon common in 1992. Their three year old son Alex was found clinging to her body. Colin Stagg was charged with the killing. He would turn out to be innocent. Meanwhile the real murderer, Robert Napper, would go on to kill and rape again. It would be more than a decade before advances in DNA enabled the police to link Napper with the murder of Rachel Nickell. Andr退 Hanscombe talks for the first time about why he fought to have the full facts of the investigation disclosed by taking a complaint to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. Their report detailed a catalogue of 'dreadful mistakes' by the Metropolitan Police which allowed Robert Napper to slip through the net time and time again. Andr退 Hanscombe received a public apology from the Police but they declined to offer compensation. Fergal Keane talks to Andre Hanscombe partner of Rachel Nickell who was murdered in 1992. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20101123	Fergal Keane talks to Noreen Oliver about why her own experience of overcoming an addiction to alcohol led her to set up two treatment centres. She is now one of this country's leading advocates of abstinence as a goal for all addicts. There are over a quarter of a million people in Britain currently addicted to heroin and crack cocaine. The recovery rate is estimated to be three percent. Noreen Oliver believes that the over reliance on 'substitute drugs' like methadone is preventing many addicts getting off drugs altogether. Fergal Keane talks to Noreen Oliver about the treatment of drug and alcohol addicts. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20101130	Fergal Keane talks to Claudia Wallace. Mexico has become one of the kidnap capitals of the world as drug gangs seek to consolidate their power. Claudia's brother Hugo was one of the many hundreds who go missing each year. He was abducted in 2005 and his body has never been found. Believing the police to be involved in his disappearance, Claudia and her mother Isabel decided to investigate the case themselves, sometimes wearing disguises to eavesdrop on those they knew were involved. They discovered Hugo had been lured to an apartment by an attractive woman and killed the night he was taken, his body is disposed of in black bin liners. But extraordinarily they managed to bring 5 of his kidnappers to justice, a rare occurrence in Mexico. And they have pressed for, and achieved, changes in the law on kidnapping. Fergal Keane talks to Claudia Wallace about the kidnap of her brother Hugo. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20101207	Fergal Keane talks to Jean-Robert Cadet. Born in Haiti, Jean-Robert became a domestic slave when his mother died. He was four years old. On the island they are called 'Restavecs', children given board and lodging in exchange for unpaid work around the home. There are estimated to be over a quarter of a million Restavecs in Haiti. And the number has almost certainly swelled with the children left orphaned by the earthquake earlier this year. Jean-Robert Cadet tells Fergal Keane about how his early experience as a slave has affected his life and why he is putting pressure on the Haitian government to make the practice unacceptable. Fergal Keane talks to Jean-Robert Cadet, a former Haitian child slave. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20101214	Fergal Keane talks to Mohsen Sazegara. He was at the heart of Ayatollah Khomeini's regime from the moment the spiritual leader returned to Iran in 1979. Sazegara helped found the now feared Revolutionary Guard. He watched as those who dissented were executed in their hundreds. But then the regime began to turn against him. Following an interrogation in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, Mohsen Sazegara began to speak out against the Islamic state he had helped create - a dangerous course of action. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
	20101221	Fergal Keane talks to Suzanne Hook. Born in Saigon at the height of the Vietnam War, she was found under a bush and taken to an orphanage. Suzanne believes her father to be a black American GI, her mother Vietnamese. Brought to Britain and adopted when she was three, she went on to marry and became a successful businesswoman. But a holiday to Vietnam in 2006 changed everything. Suzanne Hook decided to sell all her possessions in the United Kingdom and found an orphanage in the country of her birth. Fergal Keane talks to Suzanne Hook about her decision to found an orphanage in Vietnam. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
Catherine Mccartney	20090120	Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in. Catherine McCartney's brother Robert was allegedly killed by a group of IRA men following a disagreement in a bar in Belfast. When his family felt that they could not get justice for Robert's death in Northern Ireland, they took their campaign to the White House. They received death threats and were ostracised by the nationalist community in which they had grown up. Catherine talks to Fergal about why she feels that, although there is now peace in Northern Ireland, its communities are still as divided as ever. Catherine McCartney on seeking justice for her brother Robert, allegedly killed by the IRA Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
Garry Kasparov	20090113	Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in. Garry Kasparov was only 22 when he became the youngest ever World Chess Champion. His was a gilded youth, lauded by the Soviet state. Yet he was always known as a bit of a trouble maker, unwilling to tow the party line. His greatest stand, though, would be a very personal one - against Vladimir Putin. He talks to Fergal Keane about why he decided to stand for the presidency of Russia, a decision that led to his imprisonment. And whether he thinks he will survive as a defiant presence in a country where some critics of the state have met a violent death. Garry Kasparov on being a dissenting voice in Russian politics. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
Jimmy Lai	20090127	Jimmy Lai was smuggled from China to Hong Kong by boat at the age of 12. He worked his way up from child labourer to become the owner of Giordano, one of the best-known clothing retailers in Asia. But Tiananmen Square was a turning point for him, when he supported the protestors, financially and politically. Since 1989, he has become one of the most outspoken advocates for greater democracy in China. His stand has forced him to sell the company he started and he is no longer allowed to return to the mainland. Chinese businessman Jimmy Lai, who supported the Tiananmen Square protesters in 1989. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
Lana Vandenberghe	20081223	Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in. Lana Vandenberghe was working as a secretary for the Independent Police Complaints Commission when she found herself assigned to an investigation into one of the most controversial police actions of recent times: the shooting dead of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell tube station in London. When, during the course of her work, she saw pictures and letters that seemed to contradict what the police were saying about the incident, she decided to leak the documents to the press. It was a decision that would have dramatic consequences for her and contribute to calls for the resignation of Sir Ian Blair, then Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Lana Vandenberghe's role in the Jean Charles de Menezes case. Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
Lenny Harper	20081230	Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in. The allegations were horrific: not only abuse but also torture - and possibly murder - in the cellars of a former children's home, Haut de la Garenne, in Jersey. But now police on the island have announced that they have no evidence that anyone was killed there. And Lenny Harper, the police officer originally in charge of the investigation, has been accused of misleading the public. He tells Fergal Keane about the pressures upon him and why it was his desire to bring justice for those claiming abuse that led him to manage the investigation in the way he did. Fergal Keane talks to people who have made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand