BBC Caribbean Archive 1988-2011

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Caribbean Service donated its archive of recordings to The University of the West Indies (UWI) after it ceased broadcasting on March 25, 2011. This archive of audio recordings covers the period 1988-2011, when the BBC Caribbean Service operated mainly as a news and current affairs department. During this period, the flagship programmes of the department were the BBC Caribbean Report (morning and evening drivetime editions) and Caribbean Magazine, a programme that reflected the human face of the news agenda as well as reporting on the Caribbean region's music, literature, and other cultural issues. The BBC Caribbean Archive at The UWI provides a unique contemporary record of the political, social cultural and economic issues pertaining to the Caribbean, and will therefore serve an a very important facility for research regionally and extra-regionally.

Visitors to this UWISpace site are asked to note that the interface provided here by the University of the West Indies Libraries is for browsing and searching details of the items lodged in the archive. In some instances, sound bites from the original recordings are provided together with the metadata record. If a researcher wishes to listen to any programme in its entirety from within the archive, the libraries at the University of the West Indies campuses should be contacted for details on how this can be facilitated.

It should be noted that the BBC holds all copyright and intellectual rights to the sound recordings housed in this archive.

Further information on the BBC Caribbean Service can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/archive/.

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Browsing BBC Caribbean Archive 1988-2011 by Author "Abbott, Diane (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 01-10-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-10-01) Orr, Carol (anchor); Osana, Roy (correspondent); Ishmael, Odeen (interviewee); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Brittan, Leon (interviewee); Guilford, Peter (interviewee); Niles, Bertram (anchor); Vanderpool-Wallace, Vincent (interviewee); Pantin, Anthony (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Wood, David (correspondent); Filiatreault, Gilles (interviewee); Stewart, Gordon 'Butch' (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 04-03-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-03-04) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Selman, Lance (interviewee); King, Maurice (interviewee); Carol, Orr (interviewee); Grant, Bernie (interviewee); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Davis, Stanley Clinton (interviewee); Carter, Mark Raymond Bonham (interviewee); Green, Hamilton (interviewee); De Caires, David (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Regional Financial institutions are being urged to put new and effective measures in place to deal with anti- money laundering legislation at a three day Symposium. Lance Selman – Advisor to the Trinidad and Tobago Minister of National Security and Maurice King - Attorney General of Barbados outlines the key issues and measures needed in an interview with correspondent Tony Fraser. Thousands of demonstrators assembled outside of Britain’s House of Lord’s to lobby about one of the main clauses in Britain’s proposed Asylum Bill- that would eradicate all roots of appeal open to visitors turned away from England’s shores. Correspondent Carol Orr reports from an interview with Labour MPs Bernie Grant, Diane Julie Abbott and Lord Mark Raymond Bonham Carter. Guyana’s former Prime Minister Hamilton Green is going to court over his expulsion from the former ruling People’s National Congress – correspondent Debbie Ransome reports from an interview with David de Caires, the Editor-in-Chief of Stabroek News. Haiti’s exiled President Jean Bertrand Aristide has added to the criticisms of President Clinton’s apparent change of heart on returning Haitian refugees. Aristide told a round table discussion in Washington that Haitians were facing death on all side whether they stayed at home or tried to leave. BBC correspondent reports form an interview with John Tidmarsh. The German government has officially appealed to the European Court of Justice against the new EC Banana Regime and seek a temporary injunction – correspondent Debbie Ransome reports.
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    Caribbean Report 08-01-2002
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2002-01-08) Weir, Karen (anchor); Fleming, Albert (interviewee); Smith, Lew (correspondent); Mitchell, Keith (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Chin Lee, Howard (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Headley, Trevor (interviewee); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 08-04-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-04-08) Richards, Ken (anchor); Clinton, Bill (interviewee); Rubino, Roberto (interviewee); Hunte, Julian (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Lewis, Vaughn (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (anchor); Cedeno, Wilma (interviewee); Sharpton, Al (interviewee); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Warner, Jack (interviewee); Kay, Katty; The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Despite the differences over the Helms-Burton law, the United States and Canada today sounded a note of conciliation on the measure. Cuba’s Foreign Minister has told a business meeting in New Delhi that the world’s non-aligned nations have unanimously condemned the long standing US embargo against the communist island. Next, in St Lucia anti-corruption laws prescribing stiff penalties for public officials found to be in breach of them have been enacted making St Lucia the fifth Caribbean country to enact such legislation. Next, the US based Washington office on Haiti has said the government in Port-au-Prince should not annul the results of Sunday’s local election as requested by the opposition. Also, the Non-profit Research Human Rights Organisation says that while the low voter turnout maybe a lost opportunity to boost democracy in Haiti there will be other opportunities. Next, tension rose high in the Caribbean area of New York City after a white police officer shot to death a Trinidad born youth. Next, a black Labour Party member of parliament has raised concerns that the part of inner London could become like US inner city ghetto. Finally, the President of the regional football body CONCACAF said that the two Trinidadian footballers detained in Lebanon could be release within hours.
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    Caribbean Report 09-03-1989
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1989-03-09) Patrick, Soraya (anchor); Tomlinson, Alan (correspondent); Johnson, Len (interviewee); Hector, Tim (interviewee); Hunte, Julian (interviewee); Bennish, Peter (correspondent); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Ali, Arif (interviewee); Darling, Alistair (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The people of Antigua and Barbuda vote today at what may be the last general elections contested by veteran Prime Minister, Vere Bird Sr. The Antiguan opposition parties complain of irregularities in voting procedures. St. Lucia’s opposition labour party leader, John Hunt is in London lobbying on behalf of the Windward Island banana producers for continued preferential treatment when Europe becomes a single market in 1992. At the Canadian enquiry into drug use by amateur athletes, Dr. Jamie Asterfan confessed to supplying drugs to the Canadian athletes. In Britain, three Black Members of Parliament announced the formation a Parliamentary Black Caucus with a focus on Black and Asian communities.
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    Caribbean Report 12-07-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-07-12) Richards, Ken (anchor); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Snagg, Neville (interviewee); Hudson-Phillips, Karl (interviewee); Bristol, Hollis (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Valley, Kenneth (interviewee); Maharaj, Ramesh (interviewee); Seepaul, Occah (interviewee); Ellington, Fae (correspondent); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Gilbert, Edward (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    This report examines the continuing probe into the alleged misuse of UN funds in St. Lucia, with top officials seeking to clear the government's name. In Trinidad, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ms. Occah Seepaul unceremoniously threw out a motion of no confidence brought against her by the government. The Commissioner of Police for London, Sir Paul Condon sparked up a heated debate when he claimed the vast majority of muggings in the capital were carried out by young black males. A Dominica-based radio station, which was an experiment in regional Catholic radio has succumbed to financial pressure and gone off the airwaves. West Indian born cricketers Devon Malcolm and Phillip DeFreitas began legal proceedings over a Wisden magazine article which questioned their commitment to the England cricket team. Cuba reaffirmed its intention to complete a nuclear reactor project dismissing American concerns that it would pose a threat to the region.
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    Caribbean Report 13-05-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-05-13) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Grant, Jennifer (correspondent); Smith, Colin (correspondent); James, David (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); O'Brien, Michael (interviewee); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Grant, Bernie (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    President Clinton’s bid to seek improvements to the Caribbean Basin Initiative, a United States trade programme which began thirteen years ago has been dismissed as a sideline by one European trade expert. Issues of bilateral, regional and hemispheric concerns will be on the agenda when the Jamaican Prime Minister visits Cuba at the end of this month. The visit was announced following the weekend US Caricom Summit in Barbados. The Prime Ministers of Barbados and St Vincent also intend to visit Cuba. China and Cuba have signed agreements on trade and tourism at the end of a visit to Havana by the Chinese Deputy Prime Minister. Next, Guyana is host to a conference of indigenous people of the Amazon Basin. It is another conference of the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organisations of the Amazon (COICA). Scores of Amerindian representatives from nine South American countries would spend the rest of the week discussing issues they say threaten their very survival. Next, in St Lucia nominations close today ahead of general elections. This election campaign has exceeded previous ones in several ways. It has been the longest, dirtiest, most intense campaign the island has ever seen and the one with the greatest potential for violence in recent memory. Next, Britain’s new Labour government plans for next year will be outlined in the traditional Queen’s speech at Westminster. Black political leaders are expecting an announcement on new laws to combat racialism. Finally, staff from a British University have launched a campaign to prevent an honorary degree being awarded to a former England Coach Manager. He has been accused of making controversial comments regarding race.
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    Caribbean Report 14-02-2002
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2002-02-14) Niles, Bertram (anchor); Smith, Lou (correspondent); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Eastman, Lynette (interviewee); Panday, Basdeo (speaker); Manning, Patrick, 1946-2016 (speaker); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Luncheon, Roger (speaker); Carberry, Lance (speaker); Smith, Colin (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 14-07-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-07-14) Orr, Carol (anchor); Walcott, Clyde (interviewee); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); Clarke, Oliver (interviewee); Henry, Steinberg (interviewee); Carlisle, John (interviewee); Herbert, Peter (interviewee); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Gould, Peter (correspondent); Lieberman, Joe (interviewee); Tucker, Delores (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report: the West Indies cricket team will have to buck up its game if it wants to avoid being further fined for failing to achieve the minimum overs for test matches. Following bribery allegations, the ICC has inserted an additional paragraph into its Code of Conduct forbidding players and officials from laying bets on matches. The Jamaica Opposition party is warning the PJ Patterson Administration not to commit the country to a Caribbean Court of Appeal. Recently the Jamaica Gleaner lost a record twenty-three million Jamaican dollar libel lawsuit. The Managing Director, Oliver Clarke comments on how this will impact on the way the paper practices journalism. British MP Bernie Grant recounted that it has been a bad month for blacks in Britain. Grant described the black community as reeling after a month of sustained insults. In the US there are voices of protest against the new wave of gangster rap. Activist Delores Tucker expressed her concern about the damage the music does to the image of African Americans.
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    Caribbean Report 16-07-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-07-16) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Tarnoff, Peter (interviewee); Osana, Roy (correspondent); Berger, Sandy (interviewee); Tarnoff, Peter (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Jasper, Lee (interviewee); Jagan, Cheddi (interviewee); Martinez, Carlos Felipe (interviewee); Smith, Colin (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 18-02-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-02-18) Greaves, Keith Stone (anchor); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Rowe, Andrew (interviewee); Foulkes, George (interviewee); Wells, Bowen (interviewee); Tonge, Jenny (interviewee); Brandt, David (interviewee); Mitchell, Keith (interviewee); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Compton, Petrus (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 19-02-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-02-19) Gordon, Orin (anchor); Carrington, Edwin (interviewee); Annan, Kofi (interviewee); Farrakhan, Louis (interviewee); Rush, George (correspondent); Greaves, Keith Stone (correspondent); Foulkes, George (interviewee); Brandt, David (interviewee); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Nicholson, A. J. (interviewee); La Ronde, Anthony (interviewee); Simmons, David (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Cook, Robin (interviewee); Symons, Elizabeth, Baroness (interviewee); Rohee, Clement (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 19-04-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-04-19) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Mitchell, James (interviewee); Yearwood, Robin (interviewee); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Carl, Lee (correspondent); Barnhill, Bobbie (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 21-02-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-02-21) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Stubbs, Josefina (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Short, Clare (interviewee); Mills, Gloria (interviewee); Hosein, Everold (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In the British Virgin Islands, Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt's party will again form the government after wooing the support of an independent. The UK-based charity organization Oxfam has confirmed that children in the Dominican Republic agricultural sector have been working with banned pesticides. Oxfam Regional Representative Josefina Stubbs responds to why this practice has been allowed to continue. Female activists within Britain's Opposition Labour Party are lobbying for more black women to become Members of Parliament. Debbie Ransome talks to some powerful female figures on the British political scene. A UWI study conducted by Dr. Everold Hosein, Coordinator of the UWI Caribbean Population and Family Health Programme claims that Caribbean men are poor lovers and lack adequate sexual skills. Caribbean Report headed across the region to get Caribbean men's reactions to the study's assertions.
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    Caribbean Report 28-08-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-08-28) Goffe, Leslie (anchor); Holder, Claire (interviewee); Alert, Pat (interviewee); Roberts, Andy (interviewee); Condon, Paul, Sir (interviewee); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Augustus, Patrick (interviewee); Christie, Merrick (interviewee); Christie, Linford (interviewee); Trant, William (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this special edition of BBC Caribbean Report, Leslie Goffe examines the recent headlines in Britain's Sunday Express newspaper which stated that there is a crisis over the melt-down of West Indian family life. The black ethnic group is the only one in which single mothers out-number married ones. Moreover, the Commissioner of London Police Force, Sir Paul Condon made a controversial statement which linked race and crime in the capital. Condon stated that a small number of black youngsters seem to be committing a large number of the robberies in London. In Britain, African-Caribbean men are the single most vulnerable group. British Olympic and world champion sprinter, Linford Christie, is not a winner in the eyes of his son Merrick who denounced his father in the British media. Several British newspapers have used Linford Christie's family to highlight the current debate about single parents. William Trant, Director of Britain's West Indian Standing Conference comments that running away from responsibilities of all kinds has become a way of life for black youngsters in Britain.
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    Caribbean Report 29-09-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-09-29) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Anthony, Kenny (interviewee); Foulkes, George (interviewee); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Gajadhar, Rupert (interviewee); Cockland, Geraldine (interviewee); Smith, E. (correspondent); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Moraes, Claude (interviewee); Atkin, Sharon (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 29-11-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-11-29) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Leatherman, Patrick (interviewee); Morgan, Damian (interviewee); Mohammed, Feroze (interviewee); Smith, Lou (correspondent); Camara, Bilali (interviewee); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation