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  • Margaret Thatcher to meet Ronald Reagan (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Andrew Manderstam reports on a meeting to be held later today between UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and US President, Ronald Reagan at Camp David. Issues to be discussed include nuclear withdrawal...

  • British nurses arrested in Saudi Arabia (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report from Heathrow Airport on a clampdown on female expatriates in Saudi Arabia, with British nurses being arrested for flouting local laws. Includes interviews with returning nurses on their arrest and...

  • Sinn Fein split (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Report on a split in Sinn Fein following a vote to take up any seats should their candidates win in the Irish elections, and the formation of a new party, Republican Sinn Fein, which believes in the use of...

  • South African political pop song (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; Music; News report

    Report on the South African Bureau for Information’s pop song - aimed at gaining support for the Government’s reform programme - which has been criticised as propaganda. Includes excerpts of the song;...

  • Geoffrey Howe on EEC backing Britain (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Foreign Secretary, Geoffrey Howe on EEC members backing Britain over four proposed actions against Syria (whose government is believed to sponsor terrorist activity). Also on the role of the EEC in the...

  • Republicans lose US mid-term elections (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the Republican defeat in the US mid-term elections, and its effect on President Ronald Reagan. Includes reaction from Donald Regan, Chief of Staff at the White House; Lou Harris, pollster; Joseph...

  • Political advertising in US mid-term elections (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on political advertising in the US mid-term elections. Includes excerpts of advertisements and an interview with Professor Kathleen Jamieson, on advertising control and dirty campaigns. Male reporter...

  • Margaret Thatcher on talks with Reagan (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher after her talks with US President, Ronald Reagan. On nuclear weapons and disarmament; US action on Syria over its suspected state sponsorship of terrorism;...

  • Philip Hartlebury on release from Zimbabwe jail (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with South African intelligence officer Philip Hartlebury (a British subject) following his release from prison in Zimbabwe after five years. On why he was arrested, conditions in prison, and his...

  • Rosie Johnston jailed for drugs death of friend (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Susanna Johnston, interviewed after her daughter Rosie Johnston was sentenced to nine months in prison for her part in the drugs-related death of her friend Olivia Channon, feels that the sentence was too...