‘Hairy Cornflake made my world more complete’ says Aung San Suu Kyi

Published on 20/06/2012 00:00

Aung San Suu Kyi has met the radio DJ whose show gave her a lifeline while under house arrest.

On a visit to Broadcasting House in central London, the pro-democracy campaigner met former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis, whose BBC World Service show she listened to while in confinement.

She also met the BBC’s Director General Mark Thompson and BBC Trust Chairman Lord Patten as part of her four-day visit to Britain.

Ms Suu Kyi briefly met Travis – once known as the “Hairy Cornflake” – whose show she tuned into during her confinement at her parents’ house in Rangoon.

The Nobel laureate has previously told how the BBC World Service music request programme A Jolly Good Show – presented by Travis for 20 years – was a lifeline during her time under house arrest, saying it made her world “much more complete”.