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12 results found for '"Philip Cottrell"' in Contributors.
Annie Maguire on unsafe convictions of Maguire Seven (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the wrongful imprisonment of the Maguire Seven, who were convicted of IRA bomb-making. The Director of Public Prosecutions has announced that their convictions can no longer be considered safe....
Salman Rushdie on BBC Radio 4, a year after death threat (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Philip Cottrell reports on an interview with novelist Salman Rushdie (includes excerpts) that was broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme a year after the death threat against him was announced in 1989....
Gulf War air strikes success (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Philip Cottrell reports on the first Gulf War air strikes, success and casualties. Statement on success from UK Defence Secretary Tom King who praises the courage and skill of the pilots; British pilot Fight...
Thatcher to stand down as MP (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report
IRN 11 am news bulletin read by Philip Cottrell for 28/06/91 which focuses on the announcement that former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is to leave the House of Commons, standing down as an MP, at the...
Thatcher to stand down as MP (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report; Press conference
IRN 13.00 news bulletin read by Philip Cottrell for 28/06/91 which focuses on the announcement that former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is to leave the House of Commons, standing down as an MP, at the...
Communist rule in USSR ends as Gorbachev resigns (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report; Speech
IRN 7.00am news bulletin (25/08/91) read by Philip Cottrell, which focuses on the end of communist rule in the Soviet Union after more than seven decades. Mikhail Gorbachev has resigned as party leader and...
Robert Maxwell death (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; Speech; Press conference; News report; Parliamentary debate
16.00 IRN news bulletin on 05/11/91 read by Philip Cottrell focusing on the disappearance at sea of newspaper proprietor Robert Maxwell. It’s believed the tycoon fell overboard from his yacht, the Lady...
Robert Maxwell death (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; Speech; Press conference; News report
17:00 IRN news bulletin on 05/11/91 read by Philip Cottrell focusing on the disappearance at sea of newspaper proprietor Robert Maxwell. It’s believed the tycoon fell overboard from his yacht, the Lady...
UN imposes sanctions on Serbia (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Philip Cottrell reports on a vote by the UN Security Council in New York to impose sweeping sanctions on Serbia in an attempt to end fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The vote came hours after renewed shelling...
Riots in Bristol sparked by joyriders’ deaths (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Philip Cottrell reports on the second night of riots on a housing estate in Hartcliffe in Bristol. The violence erupted after two joyriders, Shaun Starr and Kevin Buck, on a stolen police motorbike were...