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Interview with Ian Paisley by Sue Lawley for BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs in August 1988

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Audio interview with Ian Paisley, leader of the DUP, by Sue Lawley in August 1988 for BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs. Paisley reflects on his religious life and political career to date and fields questions on his influence over peace and violence in Northern Ireland. Desert Island Discs is a weekly broadcast on BBC Radio 4 which profiles the lives of significant public figures using an informal question and answer format. The series was first broadcast in 1942.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 7 August 1988

Name of First Interviewee: Ian Paisley

Role at time of Interview: Leader of the DUP, DUP MP for North Antrim and DUP MEP for Northern Ireland

Interviewer: Sue Lawley

Purpose: Research

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2012

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs

Time Period covered: 1926-1988

Key Individuals: Ian Paisley, Pope John XXIII

Key Words: Religion, violence, IRA, unionist, Cameron Commission, Scarman Commission

 

 

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