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Michael Buerk: Celebrity Lunch at the Café De Paris
2011-10-12 15:31
What:
Celebrity Lunch with Michael Buerk
Where:
Café de Paris
When:
Friday 7 October 2011
Web:
http://www.azurproductions.com
Michael Buerk is one of the world's most respected journalists, whose BBC reports on the Ethiopian famine in the mid-1980s, filmed with the Nairobi-based cameraman Mohamed Amin,
alerted the world to the extent of the tragedy. They were shown
worldwide, to an audience of billions, and led directly to a massive
international relief effort which
was estimated to have saved well over a million lives.
His reporting bears witness to the power of TV to transform the lives of others, a fact which has been recognized with numerous other accolades, including the Royal Television Society's 'Journalist of the Year' award, a BAFTA for factual broadcasting, and a Golden Nymph at the
Monte Carlo Film and Television Festival. He is also the holder of the National
Headliner and George Polk awards, two of the United States' most important
honours for broadcasters.
A BBC reporter since 1973, for many years he was the familiar news-anchor for the Corporation, but is perhaps best known to British audiences as the presenter of the docudrama series '999' and as chairman of the BBC’s radio discussion programme on
moral and ethical issues, The Moral Maze.
With a journalistic career which has seen him reporting on an enormously diverse range of historic events, it's no surprise that his autobiography, 'The Road Taken' (Hutchinson, 2004) has been enormously popular, as have his appearances as a speaker.
Programme
12.00pm: Welcome cocktails and canapes
12.30pm: Three-course lunch, including wine
2.00pm: Celebrity Speaker
3.00pm: Speeches and paid bar
Dress code: Business/lounge suit
A range of tickets is available, from individuals to small parties, or
branded executive tables for ten guests. Whether you are
living here or visiting Monaco, tickets for lunch starting at €120 are
available from Azur Productions at their website above.