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9 results found for '"Mecca"' in Keywords.
Eric Morley sacked from Mecca (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Julia Morley, wife of Mecca founder Eric Morley, about his pending dismissal from the entertainment group by the holding company Grand Metropolitan. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Tom...
Eric Morley sacked from Mecca - future of Miss World (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Julia Morley, wife of Mecca founder Eric Morley, about his pending dismissal from the entertainment group by the holding company Grand Metropolitan. She also talks about the effect on her...
Eric Morley sacked from Mecca (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tom Pollock reports on the pending dismissal of Mecca founder Eric Morley, from the entertainment group, by the holding company Grand Metropolitan, and the effect on the Miss World beauty contest. Includes...
Eric Morley dismissal and future plans (1978)
- Genre
- Press conference; Interview
Press interview with Mecca founder Eric Morley, about his dismissal from the entertainment group by the holding company Grand Metropolitan. He talks about his future plans with the possibility of a political...
Mecca tea (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Michael Loveridge on his new low price Mecca tea. Follows Price Commission report on tea prices which suggested blenders were making too high a profit through high prices to the customer....
Saudi Arabia unrest (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about two recent major events in Saudi Arabia: the attack on Mecca, and Shi’ite demonstrations in the eastern provinces and warning if the Saudi royal family (who are Sunni Muslims) were to be...
US Embassy in Islamabad attacked (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
A report claiming the USA had bombed a temple in Mecca has led to a riot at the US Embassy in Islamabad, during which a US marine was shot. US State Department spokesman Hodding Carter III denies rumours of...
Iranian crisis overshadowed by embassy attack in Pakistan (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Demonstrators in Pakistan decided to take over the US Embassy after Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a statement saying an attack on Mecca had been the Americans’ fault. The Saudi Arabian Ambassador in...
US embassy burned in Islamabad (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male speaker in the Pakistan capital Islamabad on the attack and burning yesterday of the American embassy by Muslim extremists (21/11/79). Follows an incident in Mecca. Male interviewer not...