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  • Chemical weapons ban (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Foreign Office Minister David Mellor, on the British Government’s proposal to ban all chemical weapons at the United Nations conference on disarmament. Interviewer not identified.

  • Biggest ever Pools winner (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Jimmy Anderson, Britain’s biggest ever Pools winner. Reporter not identified.

  • Douglas Hurd on prison overcrowding (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Douglas Hurd, Home Secretary, on decreasing the prison population by increasing remission and using temporary camps. Interviewer not identified.

  • Globe Theatre rebuilt (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Report, with speech by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on the launch of the rebuilding of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. Includes interview with Theo Crosby, architect. The project was initiated...

  • Racial crime in UK (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, Sir Peter Newsam, who says that racial attacks and harrassment of Black people are still a feature of British life. Reporter not identified.

  • Radio Festival (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the 1987 Radio Festival in Bristol; looks at Government Green Paper on broadcasting; includes interviews with Conference chairperson, Gillian Reynolds; Radio Academy director, Tim Blackmore;...

  • Scarman on housing (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Lord Scarman urging Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Government to ensure more revenue from the sale of council houses goes into improving housing standards. Reporter not...

  • Nigel West on Spycatcher (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with author, Nigel West (aka Rupert Allason MP) saying more books are on the way about spying even if Peter Wright’s Spycatcher is banned. Reporter not identified.

  • Grant for novel written by spirits (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Peter Froude, from Bournemouth, who is receiving pounds 40 a week from the Government to write a novel; says four spirits are writing the book: a deceased English historian, an Eastern man...

  • Pregnant prisoner case (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with male speaker (not identified - poss. solicitor) on demands for the release of pregnant prisoner, Paula Otemah, from Risley remand centre. Reporter not identified.