AR
Here's a preview of the programme:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/pdfs/tv/week16/bbctvwk16_mon.pdf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/pdfs/tv/week16/bbctvwk16_mon.pdf
MA
Stuart Hughes's website confirms that Frank Gardner will be back at work from Monday 18 April
AR
If you want to see the programme on Tuesday there is a small clip at the very end of the real story programme from last week highlighting the programme with Frank. You can see it near the end of the 'latest programme' video
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/real_story/default.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/real_story/default.stm
DV
Substantial artcle in today's Sunday Times - first couple of paragraphs -
BBC man shot by terrorists to return
THE BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner is to go back on air in a wheelchair 10 months after he was shot in a terrorist attack.
Gardner, who was hit in the stomach, legs and arms while reporting in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, is to return to work tomorrow. A colleague said: “He has been very keen to return. He will do as much work as he is able.”
Quote:
BBC man shot by terrorists to return
THE BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner is to go back on air in a wheelchair 10 months after he was shot in a terrorist attack.
Gardner, who was hit in the stomach, legs and arms while reporting in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, is to return to work tomorrow. A colleague said: “He has been very keen to return. He will do as much work as he is able.”
DU
He's not a foreign correspondent- he's the BBC's security correspondent, and one of the leading experts on Al-Queda and the "Arab world". I expect he'll do reports and be interviewed on those issues for BBC News across the outlets, as he did most of the time before his attack.
In this day and age having someone as an in studio reporter/presenter and in a wheelchair shouldn't surprise anyone....if someone's got the talent let them on the air.
dodrade posted:
What will he be doing once he's settled back in again? a desk job at TV centre? lets face it he cant be a foreign corresponent in a wheelchair.
He's not a foreign correspondent- he's the BBC's security correspondent, and one of the leading experts on Al-Queda and the "Arab world". I expect he'll do reports and be interviewed on those issues for BBC News across the outlets, as he did most of the time before his attack.
In this day and age having someone as an in studio reporter/presenter and in a wheelchair shouldn't surprise anyone....if someone's got the talent let them on the air.