
Don't shoot my driver!
Join award winning TV foreign correspondent Vernon Mann on the road and listen to his crazy, scary, humorous, irreverent and sometimes sad stories from conflicts around the world in the days before mobile ‘phones and satellite communications. He’ll take you behind the media scenes during the Lebanese wars, the revolutions in Iran and Romania, troubles in Afghanistan and Belfast, unrest in China plus tantalising tales of his travels with the British Royal Family. You can contact him at vernonmannmedia@gmail.com
Podcasting since 2022 • 25 episodes
Don't shoot my driver!
Latest Episodes
Ep.25 - Sweden’s PM cops it, channel hand glider blows it.
Swedish PM is assassinated and the story dies quickly too. A hang glider fails to cross the channel but we party nevertheless until a British soldier is shot in Antwerp.My role in creating a crime free Saturday night in England.
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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15:22

Ep.24 - Bosnia - West Country correspondent goes to war again.
I am assigned from my caravan in Somerset to report on the Bosnian war. We drive through the snow in an armoured Land-rover and a Lada, commandeer an empty hotel for the night, and talk to starving Muslim refugees from Srebrenitsa week...
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Episode 24
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22:58

Ep.23 - Rhodesia/Zimbabwe - Champagne with Churchill’s grandkids in the last days of white rule.
We dine with the Governor, witness freedom fighters coming in from the bush to vote; almost win a pile at the races and tips on how to scare an accountant. I meet up with the new Boss Robert Mugabe.
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Episode 23
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20:22

Ep.22 - Charles gets bored in New Zealand.
The Prince of Wales, soon to be married, gets mobbed by Lady Di lookalikes but they fail to improve his mood. The UK media ‘ratpack’ are dubbed ‘animals’ by the Kiwi media. We are forced to dine at a ridiculously early hour and bring our own gr...
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Episode 22
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10:34
