1970s Perspectives
The Story of BBC News in Northern Ireland is told by BBC journalists and managers as well as media observers. Their perspectives cast light on some of the major issues through the decades.
Robin Walsh
Behind the lens
Robin Walsh was News Editor for BBCNI in the Seventies. He became Editor of the Network Nine O'Clock News and later Controller NI. He pays tribute to a group of people whose work is sometimes overlooked - the cameramen.
Richard Ayre
Learning Lessons
Richard Ayre has a unique understanding of the difficulties that have been involved for newsgathering in Northern Ireland.
Roisin McAuley
The Mystery of Robert Nairac
Roisin McAuley reported for Spotlight during some of the most difficult years of the Troubles. But one story from that era holds a particular fascination.
Nicholas Witchell
Nicholas Witchell
Nicholas Witchell the BBC Royal Correspondent remembers one of the bloodiest days of the conflict.
Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell
How a spell in Belfast led to a career as a best-selling author.
The UWC Strike
The UWC Strike
The Ulster Workers Council strike in 1974, which brought down the power-sharing Executive led by Brian Faulkner, was a testing time for the people of Northern Ireland...
Wendy Austin
A Privileged View
Wendy Austin has been a BBC broadcaster for more than thirty years.
Richard Francis
Broadcasting and the depiction of violence
Extracts from a speech given by Richard Francis, BBC NI Controller, to Royal Institute of International Affairs, February, 1977.
Question Of Ulster
The Question Of Ulster
On 5 January, 1972, the BBC broadcast a three-hour television special - The Question of Ulster - an Enquiry into the Future.
Editorial Responsibilities
Editorial Responsibilities
From BBC lecture on Editorial Responsibilities by Desmond Taylor, Editor, News and Current Affairs. 1975.
Richard Francis
Terrorists on Television
Extract from R Francis, 'Terrorists on Television', a speech to the Broadcasting Press Guild, 12 July 1979.
James Robbins
James Robbins
James Robbins the BBC's Diplomatic Editor recalls learning in Belfast and finding romance.
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