GMTV News and clips (1/11/98)

News bulletins and a round-up of the week in The Sunday Review, as broadcast on 1st November 1998. Top headlines of the day include flooding in the West Midlands, a tropical storm hitting Honduras, weapons inspectors in Iraq, victories for Prince Naseem Hamed and Mika Hakkinen, an air hostess being attacked ('See the strain on her face', they say, as they shove a camera up her nose from close range), and more.
The weekly stories being reviewed, meanwhile, include Argentina's President Menem being in the country and visiting a Falklands memorial, the resignation of MP Ron Davies (yes, that one), General Pinochet's arrest, Kosovo, Gaza, and all sorts of celebrity and royal stuff. Speaking of which: Barbara Cartland was Princess Diana's step-grandmother?! I must have known that, but filed it away in my memory banks under 'Stuff you'll never need to have known'.
And then there's Matter of Faith with president of the Holocaust Education Trust, Lord Janner (yes, that one). If ever you wanted a case study in the human condition, this is it: he speaks so well about building understanding, particularly between Jews and Arabs in Israel, the importance of learning from the past so as not to repeat its mistakes, and generally trying to create a better world where everyone can get along without our trifling differences getting in the way. It's all still so shockingly relevant, and even prescient when you consider his warning about waiting to see what happens if racists get into power. But then... what if any of those numerous horrific allegations were true? Can any amount of good outweigh something so bad? At what point does a good person become a bad person? Is there even such a thing as an intrinsically good or bad person? Or do we just have to accept that humans are complex creatures, and anyone's capable of anything, even simultaneously at opposite ends of the spectrum? I suppose we'll never know the truth, so I ought neither advocate nor condemn. Maybe some questions have no right answer and we're bound to feel conflicted no matter what.
Many thanks to Ben for providing this recording.
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They accidentally started to play part 2 of the signed pre-recorded review after that first break. Then quickly cut back to the live “halfway” headlines. Maybe the f1 coverage encroaching their first 15 minutes confused the gallery.

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Sunday 1st November 1998