Michael Buerk
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Michael Duncan Buerk is a British journalist and newsreader. He presented BBC News from 1973 to 2002 and has been the host of BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze since 1990. He was also the presenter of BBC One'
Buerk in 2012
Buerk with Bettany Hughes during the filming of Britain's Secret Treasures
Live Aid
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Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fund-raising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief o
Michael Buerk
…Buerk's reporting of the Ethiopian famine in October 1984 inspired the Band Aid charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and the following year's Live Aid concerts. His report is regarded as a watershed moment in crisis reporting that influenced modern coverage. Buerk became the anchor for the BBC Nine…
Official Live Aid poster featuring artwork by Peter Blake
Bob Geldof (pictured in 1987) successfully pitched the idea of the Live Aid concert to promoter Harvey Goldsmith
The old Wembley Stadium (pictured) hosted the London concert