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20 results found for '"Tim Locke"' in Contributors.
Patricia Cahill and Karyn Smith held in Thai prison (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Tim Locke reports on British teenagers Patricia Cahill and Karyn Smith who are being held in a prison in Thailand for smuggling heroin. With Patrick Cahill claiming his daughter is innocent; friend Fay...
British hostages in Iraq - Saddam TV appearance (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Special
Saddam Hussein appears in a propaganda video on Iraqi television, with some of the foreign hostages to whom he refers as guests. Speaking through an interpreter, he says he is holding them in order to...
BT charges for directory enquiries (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Locke reports on a decision by British Telecom to start charging for directory enquiries. Interviews with Mike Bett, BT; Sir Bryan Carsberg, Oftel.
Margaret Thatcher on global warming (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Tim Locke reports on speech by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the 2nd world climate conference in Geneva on global warming (includes excerpts). She compares the threat of global warming to that of...
Breach of security at Heathrow Airport (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Tim Locke reports on airport security at Heathrow following Dr Jim Swire, the father of a Lockerbie bombing victim, carrying a fake semtex bomb through airport security (to demonstrate poor state of...
Joe Loss dies (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
Great band leader Joe Loss has died of kidney failure at the age of 80 in a London hospital. Friend and colleague Jack Parnell pays tribute, and Tim Locke looks back at the man and his music. Includes...
Brixton prison terrorist breakout (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Locke reads the IRN 14.00 news focusing on the breakout from Brixton Prison of two IRA terrorists, Nessan Quinlivan and Pearse McAuley with questions over security being asked. Helen Costello reports...
Mikhail Gorbachev resignation (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report; Speech
Janey Mitchell 19:00 IRN news bulletin on the resignation of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Includes report from Andrew Harding in Moscow, with extracts from resignation speech. Also Tim Locke report...
Rachel McLean murder conviction (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Tim Locke reports on the conviction of John Tanner, jailed for life at Birmingham Crown Court for the murder of Oxford University student and his former girlfriend Rachel McLean. Speakers include Detective...
Greenpeace concerned about burning Kuwaiti oil wells (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Horsman of Greenpeace claims the people of Kuwait are not being told about the toxic gases given off by the oil wells set alight by Iraqi troops during the Gulf War and still burning. From the ship, MV...