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Royal ski party hit by fatal avalanche (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Two interviews on the avalanche at the Klosters ski resort. 1: Unidentified male on the constant risk of avalanche, even where a ski guide is employed. 2: Unidentified female mountain rescue doctor, who says...
Death on the Rock witness defended by son (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Controversy continues to surround the key witness in the Thames Television documentary, Death on the Rock, on the killing of 3 IRA men in Gibraltar by the SAS. Carmen Proetta has suffered character...
P & O sails ferry out of Dover, breaking strike (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
P & O Ferries are claiming that they have broken the back of the seamen’s blockade. Reporter James Bays was on the Pride of Bruges as it steamed out of Dover, bound for Zeebrugge. Contributions from P...
Sacked seaman tries to stop return to work (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
David Carpenter was a ship’s carpenter for fifteen years before being sacked by P & O for going on strike. He has been trying to persuade former colleagues who have decided to go back to work, not to...
National Front march in Paris (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
The National Front march through the centre of Paris yesterday was the biggest extreme right-wing demonstration in France since the 1930s. Leader Jean-Marie Le Pen made an announcement about who he thinks...
Broadcasting House now safe from legionnaires’ disease (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
The BBC says Broadcasting House in Portland Place, where five people contracted the killer legionnaires’ disease, is now safe. A further fifteen suspected cases are being investigated. Managing...
Armed robbers caught in police ambush sentenced (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Two members of an armed robbery gang, who survived an ambush by police marksmen, have been sentenced to ten and fifteen years jail. Armed officers had been staking out an abattoir in Shooters Hill,...
Norman Fowler on benefit fraud (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Ben Brown interviews Employment Secretary Norman Fowler on benefit fraud. Fowler says his dole fraud investigators are saving the country £50million a year. Follows an investigation into benefit fraud in...
Wendy Hiller on Driving Miss Daisy (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Sue Jameson interviews actress Dame Wendy Hiller on her return to the London stage at the age of 76, in the West End production of Driving Miss Daisy at the Apollo Theatre which opens on 08/06/88. She’ll...
Rashid Abdur murder-charred body found in Epping Forest (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Bush reports on a murder investigation into the death of an Asian man whose charred remains were discovered in Epping Forest. The man was later named as Rashid Abdur. Includes interview with Detective...