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Miners strike - Jeremy Corbyn on allowing miners into House of Lords (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn says he does not regret providing tickets to the House of Lords to Kent miners on the first day of television transmission. Several miners staged a demonstration in the House. Male...
Miners strike - Peter Walker on NCB negotiations condition (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Minister for Energy, Peter Walker is baffled by National Union of Mineworkers president Arthur Scargill’s rejection of the National Coal Board negotiation condition that talks should cover the closure of...
Miners strike - Talks between NUM and NCB (1985)
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- Interview
National Union of Mineworkers (North Wales?) branch leader Ted McKay hopes that there will be further negotiations with the National Coal Board to end the ongoing coal strike. Male interviewer not identified.
Year’s events in defence (1985)
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- News report; Interview; Music
Defence correspondent Paul Maurice takes a look back over the defence events of 1984. Speaking are: Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine; Labour defence spokesman Denzil Davies; High Frontier political group...
Reno, Nevada plane crash (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report back on the plane crash onto a road in Reno, Nevada, USA and the horrific scenes of dead bodies and further explosions at a nearby mobile home park. Cause of accident is not yet clear and death toll...
Guatemala invasion threat to Belize (1985)
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- Interview
Interview with the Belize Foreign Minister Alistair Barrow on the threat of invasion by Guatemala. Male interviewer not identified. Audio quality poor.
Terry Waite on talks over Libyan hostages (1985)
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- Interview
Interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury’s special envoy Terry Waite on his most recent visit to see the hostages being held in Libya and on what his meetings in Libya have achieved. Male interviewer...
Def Leppard drummer in car crash (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the treatment undergone by Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen after a car accident severed his arm. Includes comment from hospital spokesman Graham Shelton and Edith Hampson, next door neighbour of...
Britain’s first commercial surrogate mother (1985)
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- News report; Interview
Report on Britain’s first commercial surrogate mother Kim Cotton, selling of the story to the Daily Star, and the subsequent successful birth. Includes comment from Cotton’s mother Ruth Andrean(?);...
Elizabeth Caine regrets surrogate action (1985)
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- Interview
Interview with the USA’s first commercial surrogate mother Elizabeth Caine on her feelings after giving up the baby she carried. Female interviewer not identified.