Aung San Suu Kyi reveals Hairy Cornflake 'lifeline'

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said Dave Lee Travis' BBC World Service music request show gave her a lifeline under house arrest. The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has spent 15 years under house arrest since 1989, said A Jolly Good Show had made her "world much more complete".



Travis, better known as The Hairy Cornflake, who presented the show from 1981-2001, humble as ever, said he was "touched" but "not surprised" she remembered it.

Ms Suu Kyi, said: "I used to listen to all sorts of different programmes, not just classical music. I can't remember... the name of that programme... Dave Travis? Was it?" After being asked if she meant Dave Lee Travis, Ms Suu Kyi said: "Yes! Didn't he have a programme with all different sorts of music?


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"I would listen to that quite happily because the listeners would write in and I had a chance to hear other people's words." Ms Suu Kyi also said she felt "very sorry" about cuts to the World Service.