LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Decade. Pt 3

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech; Special

TX Date

27 Dec 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:04:32

Description

Simon Bowden presents a special series looking back at the main news stories of the 1980s. This part looks at the miners strike; Brighton bombing; Bradford City fire; Heysel stadium disaster; Herald of Free Enterprise tragedy; hurricane (1987); IRA terrorism; Enniskillen bombing; Hillsborough stadium disaster. Includes interview with Gordon Wilson, father of Marie Wilson, Enniskillen bombing victim.

Contributors

Gordon Wilson; Simon Bowden

Keywords

Accidents; Deaths; Shipwrecks; Weather; Winds; Labour disputes; Northern Ireland; Economics; Fires; Terrorism; UK; Conservative Party; Political conferences; IRA; Political parties; Association football; Coal miners; Football stadiums; Bradford; Ferries; Sports stadium disasters; Seaborne disasters; Bombs; Brighton; Governments; Bradford City Football Club; Valley Parade; Enniskillen; Hillsborough; Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Zeebrugge; Heysel Stadium disaster (1985); Hillsborough Stadium disaster (1989); Strikes (events); Coal Strike (1983-1984); Diasters (events)

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