FROM the hills of Afghanistan to the Oscars in Hollywood, from tribal costume to dinner jacket, from sleeping in the finest hotels to sleeping on the street ? that has been the colourful news gathering world of John Suchet. In his illustrious career he has interviewed presidents and prime ministers, film stars, criminals and murderers . . . Now he is coming to the Wharf, Tavistock on Saturday to share some of his amazing experiences and offer a little insight into the world of the newsman. He will reveal how the words ?One More Shot, Bob?, come within a whisker of getting both him and his camera crew shot as spies. Learn what happened when Soviet soldiers marched John and his team across a field to face what seemed to be a firing squad, and how he scooped an interview with the housewife who had been elected President of the Philippines. Find out why the Korean secret police invited John out to dinner and then threatened him with arrest. After the turmoil and excitement of life ?on the road? John then experienced the turmoil and excitement of life as a newscaster. Join John on his extraordinary journey around the world and witness history in the making as he recounts the extraordinary life of a television news reporter. Discover what stories made John choke with emotion ? and how sudden laughter nearly ended his career. ?It was a crazy life. Hardly a day went by when I did not consider changing my job, but there was never anything I would rather do,? he says. Wharf box office: 611166.
