25 December 2008
The TV interview as confession: the Frost-Nixon interviews of 1977
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In a series of three remarkable interviews in 1977, the British TV host David Frost made himself a household name by cornering the wiley ex-US president Richard Nixon. The story behind one of the first cases of chequebook journalism is the basis of a new film -- join us, Paul Barclay, MovieTime presenter, Julie Rigg and Media Report presenter, Antony Funnell, on Christmas Day for a discussion about this landmark media event.
Guests
James Reston Jr
Writer
Mark Naglazas
Film editor, West Australian newspaper
Publications
Title: The Conviction of Richard Nixon
Author: James Reston Jnr
Presenter
Paul Barclay
Story Researcher and Producer
Deb McCoy
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