Topic: Sean Langan

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Spectator, The London - 1194 days ago
If Sean Langan isn't the bravest, best and most likeable foreign correspondent on TV, I don't know who is. And they have every right to expel the wicked foreign invaders as their forefathers have done for generations.' Langan doesn't ...

MPs accuse Channel 4 boss over 'ransom'

guardian.co.uk - 1209 days ago
Channel 4's chief executive, Andy Duncan, came under fire from MPs yesterday over claims that the broadcaster paid a ransom of up to & The broadcaster has never confirmed or denied whether it paid a ransom to secure the release of Sean ...

Channel 4 blasted after paying ransom for reporter held by Taliban criminals

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1323 days ago
Channel 4 has been criticised over reports it paid more than ?100,000 as a ransom to secure the release of a documentary maker held hostage by Taliban-linked criminals.. Sean Langan, 43, was taken captive by locals after travelling to the remote ...

Kidnapped by the Taliban, Sean Langan kept sane by dreaming of kissing his sons goodnight

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1325 days ago
The 43-year-old father-of-two has lost three stone and several teeth, his body has been weakened by dysentery and fever, his face is covered in a wild, greying beard, but Langan is excitable and fidgety, buzzing with joy that he is here at ...

Channel 4 journalist freed after three-month kidnap ordeal in Afghanistan

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1329 days ago
Last updated at 12:10pm on . Sean Langan was working for the Channel 4 programme Dispatches when he was abducted on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan.. A spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed that Mr Langan was 'safe and ...