
John Simpson - 60 Years at the BBC
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John Simpson looks back at his extraordinary 60-year career at the BBC - reporting on the biggest global stories of the era. In a frank, personal and revealing documentary, he reflects on the changing world he has witnessed: the revolution in Iran that seemed destined to fail, his brutal kidnapping in Beirut, the fall of the Berlin Wall, two wars in Iraq, the invasion of Afghanistan and a mind-altering trip up the Amazon.
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- English
- berlin, germany
- london, england
- politics
- kidnapping
- journalism
- afghanistan
- biography
- iraq
- conflict
- iran
- retrospective
- global
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- TVBBC Two13 Oct 2026
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John Simpson - 60 Years at the BBC was released on 13 October 2026.
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