Video interview with Bill Clinton, former President of the United States of America, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Northern Ireland in 2008. In November 1995 Bill Clinton became the first American president to officially visit Northern Ireland, calling for progress on the Peace Process. Over two years later the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement was signed. Clinton discusses the reasons for his involvement in the peace process and the significance of his visit to Northern Ireland in 1995.
Date of Release/Broadcast: June 2008
Name of First Interviewee: Bill Clinton
Role at time of Interview: Former President of the United States of America
Interviewer: Stephen Nolan
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © Below the Radar TV
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland
Time Period covered: 1995-2008
Key Individuals: Bill Clinton, Phil Coulter, Bernadette Devlin, John Major, Albert Reynolds, Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat, Gerry Adams, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Ian Paisley, Martin McGuinness, David Trimble, Tony Blair, Bertie Ahern, John Hume
Key Words: American government, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, diaspora, Cold War, Sinn Fein, IRA, civil rights, American Civil War, Downing Street Declaration, education, British government, power-sharing