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Lord Franks on his report on Falklands war (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lord Franks (Oliver Franks), who chaired the inquiry into the events leading up to the Falklands War. On the likely response to the Franks Report and its recommendations; the Privy Council and...
Franks Report on Falklands war (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the conclusions of the Franks Report into the events leading up to the Falklands War. Includes Judith Dawson interview with former Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington, on his decision to resign at...
Franks Report on Falklands war (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on Opposition reaction to the Franks Report into the events leading up to the Falklands War. Includes Commons speech by former Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan; interviews with shadow Foreign...
New Rapier missile (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the Tracked Rapier, the army’s new mobile version of the Rapier missile which received criticism during the Falklands War. Includes interview with John Parkhouse, Managing Director of the...
New military aircraft the supersonic Harrier (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with test pilot John Farley on the new military aircraft, the supersonic Harrier, being built at Kingston, and which it is hoped will get the go ahead to go into production. Male interviewer not...
Test services of new BA 146 airliner (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report from one of the test services of British Airways’ new BA 146 airliner, developed by British Aerospace, before it can receive a certificate of air worthiness from the Civil Aviation Authority....
Bellamy on Tasmanian Wilderness campaign (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with botanist David Bellamy the day before he sets off for the Tasmanian Wilderness to join the campaign against a hydro-electric scheme in the UNESCO World Heritage site. Male interviewer not...
Suspected Soviet spy to be deported (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Kevin Murphy interview via his door intercom with Russian wheat delegate Vladimir Chernov, who is to be expelled from Britain on suspicion of espionage. Audio muffled.
Palace intruder released (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on the release following a tribunal hearing of the Buckingham Palace intruder Michael Fagan, who managed to get into the Queens’s bedroom when suffering from mental illness. Includes statement by...
Exhibition at Queen’s Gallery (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures Sir Oliver Millar on the exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace of portraits of British kings and queens from Henry V to the present day....