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John Patrick McCarthy CBE (born 27 November 1956) is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster, and one of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis. McCarthy was the United Kingdom 's longest-held hostage in Lebanon, where he was a prisoner for more than five years.
Jul 25, 2023 · This week, journalist John McCarthy shares his experience of being held hostage for over five years during the Lebanon hostage crisis, and how he managed to cope. Show more
Dec 29, 2023 · Both Andrew Malkinson and John McCarthy have been deprived of their liberty. One spent 17 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, the other was held hostage for more than five years.
John McCarthy is a journalist, author and motivational speaker who was Britons longest-held hostage in Lebanon, where he spent five years in captivity before his release.
Dec 29, 2023 · As part of his editing of BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he speaks to journalist John McCarthy, who was held hostage for five years in Lebanon in the 1980s and 1990s.
In this week's episode of #HowDoYouCope Elis and John speak to journalist John McCarthy about how...
John McCarthy's Story. LIVING with the constant threat of execution was an unbearable strain on the likeable young television journalist on the first rungs of broadcasting management who was captured by Lebanese extremists on his journey home to the airport. He knew Beirut was a hotbed of tension and danger.
