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McCarthy, of Irish Catholic extraction, is known as Britain 's longest-held hostage in Lebanon , having spent over five years in captivity until his release on August 8 , 1991 . He shared a cell with the Northern Irish Protestant, Brian Keenan for several years. He was appointed a Commander Of The British Empire in 1992 . He sailed around the coast of Britain with Sandi Toksvig in 1995, making a BBC documentary TV series and a book of the experience. His former fiancée Jill Morrell had campaigned for his release and public expectations of a re-kindling of the romance between them were high. The couple wrote a book together about his ordeal but they separated amicably in 1994. McCarthy married Anna Ottewill in April 1999. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
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