Somali Prime Minister talks to the BBC
This afternoon the Prime Minister of Somalia, Omar Sharmarke, visited Bush House and was interviewed by the BBC’s Somali service. Together with a couple of colleagues I recorded the interview for both radio and online.
The questions were selected from emails sent by listeners of the BBC’s broadcasts in Somali and the audio made it to the service’s early evening programme within an hour or so.
Watch video of the Somali Prime Minister at BBCSomali.com
I was pleased that my plan worked without too many changes. This was a fairly last minute booking and I was happy that my order of CTB filters arrived just in time. (CTB’s the coloured cellophane used to change warm incandescent lights into something similar daylight. This way our guest mixes well with the cold October light of the Aldwych behind.)
My lighting plan for shoot of Somali Prime Minister at Bush House
You can watch and listen to the interview in Somali here or read a report in English.