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Libyan embassy siege - Leon Brittan visit (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Antonia Higgs reports on the visit of Home Secretary Leon Brittan to the police operation at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London. The Bureau has been under siege since policewoman Yvonne Fletcher was shot...
Libyan embassy siege - Police reponse (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Scotland Yard spokesman, Tim Mahony talks about negotiations with those under siege in the Libyan People’s Bureau in London following their shooting at demonstrators and killing of WPC Yvonne Fletcher....
Libyan embassy siege - Ambassador’s view (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
British ambassador to Libya, Oliver Miles, talks about diplomatic negotiations between the two countries. The Libyan embassy in Britain is under siege after policewoman Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead during a...
Libyan embassy siege - Staff interview (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
A male member of staff under siege at the Libyan People’s Bureau tries to avoid questions about when the police siege might end. Male interviewer not identified.
Eyewitness on Heathrow explosion (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Staff member and eyewitness describes the explosion in the baggage section of Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 2. Male speaker and two male interviewers not identified.
Heathrow bomb (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Report on the bomb which exploded at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 2 baggage section. Speaking are a male security officer (not identified); Head of Scotland Yard’s anti-terrorist squad, Commander William...
Libyan embassy siege - Ex-pats in Libya (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP Terry Dicks talks to Rodney Bennett about the protection of British citizens in Libya following the Libyan People’s Bureau in London shooting and police siege. Also interview with...
Libyan embassy siege - Ambassador on relations (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
British ambassador to Libya, Oliver Miles, talks about leaving Libya after the diplomatic rift which started with the shooting of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher during an anti-Gaddafi demonstration outside the...
Briton jailed in Libya for espionage (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Grace Maxwell, the wife of Scottish engineer, Robert Maxwell, who has been jailed in Libya on charges of economic espionage and bribery, says she hopes to see him again despite the recent diplomatic troubles...
Libya embassy siege - UK-Libya relations worsen (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
An oil worker in Libya, Liz Anderson, talks about the situation for British people in Libya as relations between the two countries worsen. The diplomatic rift started with the shooting of policewoman Yvonne...