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Robert Swan on polar record attempt (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with explorer Robert Swan about his attempt to become the first man to walk to both poles. He will be leading a team of experienced explorers but also plans to take a group of 30 schoolchildren....
Edwina Currie egg warning (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report by Gareth Furby on the comments by UK junior health minister, Edwina Currie, warning customers not to use raw eggs for fear of salmonella infection. Also includes interview with Penny Annand, WI,...
Bill Withers interview during UK tour (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
John Davies(?) interviews American singer and songwriter, Bill Withers, about his new UK tour, and about the re-released and remixed version of Ain’t No Sunshine. Also talks about his self-imposed break...
Radiation error at Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Chairman of Exeter Health Authority, Murray French, on a report into an error at a Devon hospital which has revealed that far more cancer patients than was first thought received radiation...
Clare Short quits over terrorism bill (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour Party MP, Clare Short, who has quit her role as a front bench opposition spokesperson over the Prevention of Terrorism Bill which allows terrorist suspects to be held for up to seven...
Douglas Hurd on terrorism bill (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Kevin Murphy interviews Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd about the Government’s proposed Prevention of Terrorism bill would allow suspects to be held for up to seven days. The proposals are a possible...
Earthquake in Armenia (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Music
John Alcock reports on a specialist medical team from Britain which is flying to earthquake-devastated Armenia today to help disaster victims. Includes sermon by Bishop Yeghishe Gizirian, St Peter’s...
Princess Anne TV interview (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Kelvin O’Shea reports on a television interview with Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, in which she admits that she was not the public’s idea of a princess. As President of the Save the Children fund,...
Radiation error at Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with solicitor, Chris Over, on a report into an error at a Devon hospital which has revealed that far more cancer patients than was first thought received radiation overdoses during treatment. In...
Search for Anna Humphries in River Severn (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Rob Finnegan(?) reports on the search for the body of missing schoolgirl, Anna Humphries, along the River Severn around Bridgnorth in Shropshire. (Her body was later found in the Severn and farmworker, David...