Everyman
No Easy Road: Michael Buerk 's South Africa
1987 • E9 Oct 18, 1987
For four years,
Michael Buerk reported on South Africa for BBC Television
News. He saw the country at its best and at its worst. He made many friends, black, white and coloured; he was also shot at, gassed, beaten, locked up, censored, and finally expelled. He cannot go back. But now, using material some of which has never been shown, he tells us what it was really like to live and work on the edge of a racial battleground.
This first programme in a new series of Everyman goes behind the news for a personal look at the country and the people for whom there is 'no easy road'.
Michael Buerk reported on South Africa for BBC Television
News. He saw the country at its best and at its worst. He made many friends, black, white and coloured; he was also shot at, gassed, beaten, locked up, censored, and finally expelled. He cannot go back. But now, using material some of which has never been shown, he tells us what it was really like to live and work on the edge of a racial battleground.
This first programme in a new series of Everyman goes behind the news for a personal look at the country and the people for whom there is 'no easy road'.