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British Rail engineering scaling down (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) Chairman and Managing director, Philip Norman, explains why the company must lose five thousand jobs. Their Swindon base will be the hardest hit. Swindon works...
Ronnie Biggs 20 years in Brazil (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a broadcast where former policeman, Jack Slipper, and presenter Pete Murray? spoke to Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs, who is in exile in Brazil planning to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of...
Communist Party of Britain (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain, Gordon McLennan, about the problems within the party and how it should respond to the economic policies of the Conservative Government led...
Winston Churchill’s home gets plaque (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the unveiling of a blue plaque at the former home of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill. A drummer from the Grenadier Guards marks the unveiling of the plaque at 28 Hyde Park Gate, and Lady...
Video van to tackle hooliganism (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the video van, one of the anti-hooliganism devices on show at the Home Office. With comment from Home Office scientist responsible for the project, Andrew Ford; Home Office minister Giles Shaw....
Norman Lamont on the bomb outside his office (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Minister for Trade Norman Lamont about a car bomb that was discovered outside his office. Male interviewer not identified.
Buddhist peace pagoda in London (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the opening ceremony of a Buddhist peace pagoda in Battersea Park, London built by Japanese monks. With comment from leader of the GLC, Ken Livingstone who led the procession with and atop an...
Trial over miners’ strike killing (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the court case of Anthony Williams, Dean Hancock and Russell Shankland, striking miners who are on trial after throwing a concrete block from a motorway bridge and killing taxi driver David Wilkie....
Army payroll convoy murders (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the murder of a three man army payroll team (Major David Cunningham, Sergeant Terence Hosker, Private John Thomson) during an armed robbery conducted by Corporal Andrew Walker. Includes interview...
Larry Gostin resigns from the NCCL (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on and interview with Larry Gostin, Chief Executive of the National Council of Civil Liberties (NCCL) resigning over a controversial report on policing of miners’ strike which showed he believed all...