NAM.2017-11-7-1

Filmed oral history interview with Kate Adie OBE, former BBC News correspondent, 2 Nov 2017. Interview conducted by Dominique Bouchard and Kate Swann at the National Army Museum for the Special Forces exhibition. Interview covers her early career as a journalist, her experience as a BBC reporter during the Gulf War, her experiences as a BBC reporter during the Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980, including her first involvement in the Siege, the unfolding of events, being approached by John Dellow, the Police Commander, with an abortive request to interview, or take a statement from, the terrorists, the involvement of special forces in the siege, the assault on the Embassy undertaken by the Special Air Service Regiment, the assault as a media event, her reflections upon the consequences of the siege in regards to the media, terrorism and the public perception of the SAS, also covers special forces more generally, discussing how they are portrayed in the media and popular culture, their counter-terror role, the issues of secrecy and accountability that surround them and the character of special forces soldiers, relates her lack of knowledge of special forces operations during Gulf War and oblique experience of them in Bosnia, talks about some photographs of the Iranian Embassy Siege that she is shown. Detailed time coding available. Associated with Operation NIMROD, (Iranian Embassy Siege), Civil Unrest (1900-1999) 1980, Gulf War (1990-1991) and Bosnia (1991-).

Gulf War (1990-1991), Bosnia (1992-1995)

NIMROD, Operation (Iranian Embassy Siege), 1980 (Civil Unrest 1900-1999)