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Shirley Banks’ body discovered (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Mary Carter reporting on the discovery of a badly decomposed and battered body in a stream in the Quantock Hills, Somerset. Assistant Chief Constable John Harland confirming the body is that of the missing...
Kuwaiti Airlines hijacking (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Judith Silcock on waiting for news of her daughter Sue who is one of the hostages being held on board a Kuwaiti Airlines jet hijacked in Iran, after 24 women were released. Male interviewer not identified....
Royal alpine ski tragedy (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Simon Cole reporting for News at Ten on the avalanche which killed Major Hugh Lindsay and injured Patty Palmer-Tomkinson, friends of Prince Charles, at the Alpine ski resort of Klosters, Switzerland....
Globe Theatre rebuilding delayed by Travellers’ encampment (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Mark Percy reports on the obstacle to film tycoon Sam Wanamaker’s plans to rebuild Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on its original spot by the Thames posed by Irish Travellers camping on the site. Includes...
Lord Snowdon backs polio vaccine campaign (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with photographer Lord Snowdon (Antony Armstrong-Jones), who is backing a fund-raising campaign by Rotary International to vaccinate children worldwide against polio. On his personal commitment to...
Police requests for television news film footage (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Ken Hayes, Managing Director of Screen News on police requests for them to hand over film footage of street scenes where Bernard o’Connell was stabbed to death in Willesden. They are referring the matter...
Safer motorways measures (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Transport Secretary Paul Channon on a package of new measures to make motorways safer, including a road safety campaign for motorists and discussions with police over necessary enforcement. Male interviewer...
Kuwaiti Airlines hijacking (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Israel reports back to the studio on the return to the UK at Heathrow Airport of British hostages from a hijacked Kuwaiti Airlines jet. Mark Appleby, one of the hostages, describes the hijackers taking...
TV news film footage must be handed to police (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Crook reports on the judge’s decision that Screen News should hand over film footage of a man, Bernard O’Connell, stabbed to death in Willesden, as television companies have a moral duty to help the...
Reform of the social security system (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the reform of the social security system, which has been criticised for hitting the poorest in society. Opinions from Janice Turner of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux;...