On 1 November 1984 ITN’s Terry Lloyd travelled to Tripoli, making multiple attempts across three days to interview Colonel Gaddafi of Libya amidst a series of high-profile scandals tying Libya to Britain across 1984. Firstly, Roger Windsor, CE of the National Union of Mineworkers had travelled to Libya to seek aid for the Miner’s strike, now entering a crucial period in the winter of 1984. Secondly, British press had connected Libya to the IRA Brighton Bombing the month prior. And Finally, the killing of British policewoman Yvonne Fletcher at a protest against the Gaddafi regime in London, leading to an 11-day siege of the Libyan embassy and the severing of diplomatic ties with Libya altogether.