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Review of the Year 1999

A look back at the programme highlights from 1999

Highlights of the year include interviews with retiring Outlook presenter John Tidmarsh; Dr Alistair Mulcahy who performed open heart surgery in a London pub; South African satirical comedian Pieter-Dirk Uys; Mick and Bridie McGoldrick on the sectarian murder of their son Michael; and Eddie Lenihan an Irish story teller and his fight to save a fairy bush in County Clare. Also, fans in London sing their favourite Abba songs, a horseback ride in Iceland and an extract from Tendi's Diary - an AIDS counsellor in Zimbabwe.

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