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03听March听2007
Travelling in countries where the political situation is volatile can be a dangerous business but author and TV producer Roger Willemsen made two trips to Afghanistan and tells Sandi Toksvig about the mood of the country, the dangers and the everyday lives of the Afghan people caught between the occupying international troops, the NGOs, the warlords and the Taliban.
Author and musician Charlie Connelly recounts his world travels looking for the legacy of Elvis Presley. As well as visiting the obvious places like Graceland in Memphis and Elvis鈥檚 birthplace in Tupelo, Mississippi, Charlie finds himself in places you wouldn鈥檛 normally associate with the King of rock鈥檔鈥檙oll : for example, Tashkent in Uzbekistan, Jyvaskyla in Finland or even Porthcawl in Wales.
Presented by Sandi Toksvig
Photo: Afghanistan - Kunar valley
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was born in Bonn, Germany. In the eighties he worked in London for three years as a correspondent for newspapers and broadcasting stations. He is a TV presenter and producer and the author of several books. He works as an Ambassador of the Afghanistan campaign of CARE International and UN-Fl眉chtlingshilfe.
In 2005 he visited the country twice, the first time at the request of CARE International and the second, for a month, on a personal journey to visit a friend he had met at a film festival in Germany while she was in exile during the Taliban years.听 His book an Afghan Journey is a story of his stay there including his attempts to reintroduce cinema for women, and how kite flying can be as dangerous as unexploded mines.
An Afghan Journey
Publisher: Haus Publishing Limited
ISBN-10: 1905791038
ISBN-13: 978-1905791033听
is a travel and sports writer and the author of five previous books including the Shipping Forecast and Stamping Grounds: Liechtenstein鈥檚 Quest for the World Cup. His latest book is called In Search of Elvis.
When Elvis Presley came to fame more than fifty years ago, it would have been difficult to predict his enduring appeal. Today thirty years after his death the phenomenon is as strong as ever. Elvis is a global brand that has penetrated even the most unlikely and remote parts of the world.
Charlie Connelly started his journey in Lonmay Scotland a tiny village near Aberdeen where the Presley family name is first noted in the parish records and went as far afield as Uzbekistan, where he met a local popstar Karen Gafurdjanov, as well as Finland, Germany and Hawaii, to track the impact of the man they call the King of Rock鈥檔鈥檙oll.
In Search of Elvis: A Journey to Find the Man Beneath the Jumpsuit
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN-10: 0316730556
ISBN-13: 978-0316730556
by Jonny Dymond (大象传媒 News, Helsinki)
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