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After Charity

A Word Pictures film for BBC Everyman by Anuradha Vittachi and Peter Armstrong. The story of Oxfam’s ‘Heineken Tours’ – reaching the parts of India that tourist tours never reach. It leads a group of Oxfam volunteers to rethink their whole understanding of what Oxfam’s aid programmes are really about.  

The Darkest Hour

An Easter reflection by Archbishop Desmond Tutu filmed in 1992 as liberation from apartheid was still underway. An independent Word Pictures production for BBC1 produced by Peter Armstrong and Anuradha Vittachi.

Two weddings and an anniversary

It was a very special day. On 16 July ’16, Nury, Mary, Peter and Anuradha held our joint anniversary party at Hedgerley Wood, welcoming all of you to celebrate 30 years of joyful and fulfilling marriage. Nury and Mary’s wedding  Nury and Mary were married on 23rd August 1986, with a formal service at Our […]

The Politics of Compassion

My attempt in 1980 to explore the politics of humanitarian and development aid with Christian Aid as my case study. It was a 90-minute special shown on BBC2. My thinking was very much formed by New Internationalist and this led to a major collaboration two years later with Global Report. Part 1 Part 2

Meditation

A programme for late night BBC2 in 1972 continuing an experiment started on Radio 4. Fr. Simon Tugwell led an extempore meditation in a darkened BBC studio, with the invitation to people at home to take part if they wished. More than 2 million people watched the programme. The producer was Peter Armstrong.