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13 results found for '"BBC World Service"' in Contributors.
Falklands war - BBC World Service programme (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
Report on the broadcast of the BBC World Service radio news programme Calling the Falklands, a broadcast to the Falkland Islands following the Argentine invasion. Includes excerpts from the programme, hosted...
Falklands crisis- Government offer of evacuation (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Special
Report on the UK Government’s offer to help British citizens who wish to leave the Falkland Islands as the crisis builds. Includes BBC World Service broadcasts announcing the offer- male presenters not...
Rex Hunt on government blockade of the Falklands (1982)
- Genre
- Speech
The governor of the Falkland Islands Rex Hunt speaks on BBC World Service from the UK to the Islanders about the UK Government deciding to impose a blockade on the Falkland Islands while seeking a peaceful...
Falklands crisis- BBC world serice jammed (1982)
- Genre
- Special
The sound of the BBC World Service being jammed by the Argentines on the Falkland Islands.
Cranley Onslow on Falklands crisis (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Foreign Office minister Cranley Onslow explaining the reasons for Britain bombing the Port Stanley airfields in the Falkland Islands and on ongoing negotiations with Argentina to end the...
BBC World Service - Margaret Thatcher phone-in (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; Discussion; Phone-in; Special
Special programme broadcast on the BBC World Service in which UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is questioned by members of the public from around the world via a phone-in. The subjects covered include:...
Libyan embassy siege aftermath (1984)
- Genre
- Speech
BBC World Service announcement from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to British people in Libya warning that Britain is cutting diplomatic links and withdrawing its embassy staff from Tripoli, with advice...
Fallout of broadcast strike (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Jingle; News report
Report following the one day strike of broadcast journalists, on the effect on BBC World Service programmes. Follows the BBC Board of Governors bowing to Government calls not to show controversial...
Warning to Britons in Uganda (1986)
- Genre
- Public information; Speech
BBC World Service announcement from the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary to Britons in Uganda, warning them to take precautions against troubles in the country and leave if it is safe to do so. Male...
Archbishop Runcie on Waite (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement by Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie praising Church of England envoy, Terry Waite, on the first anniversary of his disappearance in Beirut. Message broadcast over the BBC World Service.