1987: Fast-talking Strabane man

“The teacher used to say, ‘slow down, you’re talking very fast’.”

Fast-talking Strabane man George Cunningham first found fame when a clip of a vox pop interview in the 1960s went on to be broadcast around the world.

He talks about his TV career, in this clip is from My Derry: Gerry Anderson.

From the BBC Archive. Originally broadcast 17 March 1987.

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