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Edward Heath against the sacking of Lord Cockfield (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Former UK Prime Minister, Edward Heath on the decision by Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher to sack Commissioner for Internal Market Tax Law and Customs, Lord Cockfield, the splitting of the Heath and Social...
Howard Marks drug smuggling charges (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
ITN interview with Howard Marks from his prison cell in Majorca on agreeing to co-operate with police to get charges against his wife Judith dropped. The Oxford graduate is accused of leading the world’s...
Imran Khan on life and cricket (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Gill Pyrah interviews cricket all rounder and world’s most eligible bachelor Imran Khan who is currently playing for Sussex. Khan discusses his first visit to England and coping with the miserable weather;...
Nightline (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement
Mike Allen interviews historian Lord Dacre (Hugh Trevor-Roper), on his Nightline programme. Speaks about his essay, The Mind of Adolf Hitler (published in Hitler’s Table Talk) and the public call in with...
Cry Freedom banned in South Africa (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Donald Woods, journalist whose book on South African freedom fighter Steve Biko who was killed by police was made into the film Cry Freedom, comments on it being banned in South Africa despite the...
Cry Freedom banned in South Africa (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nicky Broyd reports on the South African Government stepping in to ban the screening, despite the censors passign it, of Cry Freedom, a film centred around the killing of freedom fighter Steve Biko by...
Dennis the Menace visits London (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Michael O’Neill reports from Tower Bridge on the visit to London for Dennis the Menace from the Beano comic as part of the fiftieth anniversary celebrations for the comic. Euan Kerr, the Beano editor on...
Billy Connolly on his new born daughter (1988)
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- Interview
Comedian Billy Connolly’s partner Pamela Stephenson has given birth to a daughter. Connolly discusses with press the couple’s relationship with the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson who has also recently...
Sheri Headley on Eddie Murphy (1988)
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- Interview
Shari Headley, who stars alongside Eddie Murphy in the new film, Coming to America, discusses how she got the role, and what it is like working with Eddie Murphy. She explains what Murphy is like off...
Red Adair on the Piper Alpha tragedy (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Andy Stenton reports on the aftermath of the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster. American troubleshooter, Red Adair, who was brought in to work on the unstable structure talks to press about the scale of the...