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Close to 8 million people became famine victims during the drought of 1984, and over 1 million died. In the same year (23 October), [36] a BBC news crew was the first to document the famine, with Michael Buerk describing "a biblical famine in the 20th century" and "the closest thing to hell on Earth". [37]
Michael Duncan Buerk (/ b ɜːr k /; [1] born 18 February 1946) is a British journalist and newsreader. He presented BBC News from 1973 to 2002 and has been the host of BBC Radio 4 's The Moral Maze since 1990. [ 2 ]
Michael Buerk – originally a reporter, most notably on the Ethiopian famine in 1984, and later a newsreader; presenter of the Ten O'Clock bulletin from 2000 to 2003. Roland Buerk – former BBC Tokyo correspondent, and son of Michael Buerk.
Mohamed Amin MBE (29 August 1943 – 23 November 1996) was a Kenyan photojournalist.. Amin's filming of Michael Buerk's report of the 1984 Ethiopian famine brought international attention to the crisis and eventually helped start the charity wave that resulted in Live Aid concerts.
‘The 10 O’Clock news thought it was the second most important thing that happened in the world,’ he said
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" was inspired by a series of reports made by the BBC journalist Michael Buerk in 1984, which drew attention to the famine in Ethiopia. [2] The BBC News crew were the first to document the famine, with Buerk's report on 23 October describing it as "a biblical famine in the 20th century" and "the closest thing to hell on Earth". [3]
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In October 1984, images of millions of people starving to death in Ethiopia were shown in the UK in Michael Buerk's BBC News reports on the 1984 famine. Bob Geldof saw the report, and called Midge Ure from Ultravox, and together they quickly co-wrote the song, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in the hope of raising money for famine relief.