Assignment A Tortured Truth / Country Doctors
An hour-long prime time current affairs programme featuring New Zealand stories.Assignment replaced TVNZ's long-running Frontline in 1995.
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1A Tortured Truth The two British nurses, Lucille McLauchlan and Deborah Parry, who were jailed in Saudi Arabia over the murder of an Australian colleague, Yvonne Gilford, say they were tortured by Saudi police and forced to make false confessions. The Saudis say the nurses had been treated fairly by the court. What is the truth?
Reporters
- John Ware (Reporter, BBC Panorama)
Speakers
- Stan McLauchlan (Parent)
- Frank Gilford (murdered nurse's brother)
- Sandra Ashbee (Perry's sister)
- Jon Ashbee (Perry's brother-in-law)
- Grant Ferrie (McLauchlan's husband)
- Eric Sheperd (forensic psychologist)
- Deborah Perry (Nurse)
Contributors
- Lucille McLauchlan (Nurse)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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2Country Doctors The International Monetary Fund (IMF). Who are they and why should we trust them? And what was IMF's role in the Indonesian crisis?
Reporters
- Liz Jackson (Reporter, ABC, Four Corners)
Speakers
- James Wolfensohn (President, World Bank)
- Peter Costello (Australian Treasurer)
- Stanley Fischer (IMF)
- Paul Krugman (MIT Professor of Economics)
- Barny Bosworth (Brookings Institute)
- Jeffrey Sachs (Economist, Harvard University)
- Buan Aghevli (Chief of Indonesia Mission, IMF)
- Hubert Neiss (Chief of Korean Mission, IMF)
- Cliff Stearns (US Republican congressman)
- Ian Vasque (Cato Institute)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- Assignment
Secondary Title
- A Tortured Truth / Country Doctors
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 28 May 1998
Start Time
- 19 : 30
Finish Time
- 20 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- An hour-long prime time current affairs programme featuring New Zealand stories.Assignment replaced TVNZ's long-running Frontline in 1995.
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Current affairs
Hosts
- Richard Long (Presenter)
Reporters
- John Ware (Reporter, BBC Panorama)
- Liz Jackson (Reporter, ABC, Four Corners)
Speakers
- Barny Bosworth (Brookings Institute)
- Buan Aghevli (Chief of Indonesia Mission, IMF)
- Cliff Stearns (US Republican congressman)
- Deborah Perry (Nurse)
- Eric Sheperd (forensic psychologist)
- Frank Gilford (murdered nurse's brother)
- Grant Ferrie (McLauchlan's husband)
- Hubert Neiss (Chief of Korean Mission, IMF)
- Ian Vasque (Cato Institute)
- James Wolfensohn (President, World Bank)
- Jeffrey Sachs (Economist, Harvard University)
- Jon Ashbee (Perry's brother-in-law)
- Paul Krugman (MIT Professor of Economics)
- Peter Costello (Australian Treasurer)
- Sandra Ashbee (Perry's sister)
- Stan McLauchlan (Parent)
- Stanley Fischer (IMF)
Contributors
- Lucille McLauchlan (Nurse)