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Nigel Lawson defends financial record (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on opposition criticism of UK Chancellor Nigel Lawson in the wake of Britain’s trade deficit hitting record levels. Includes excerpts from his speech at the Conservative trade unionist...
Solicitor on Patrick Ryan affair (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Linda Duffin interview with Elio Malocco, solicitor for Patrick Ryan, whom the Belgian authorities refused to extradite to Britain despite accusations that he was an IRA gunrunner. He speaks about an...
Mother accuses army of bullying son (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Susan Pritchard on the treatment of her son while he was in the Army. Clayton Pritchard spent less than a month in the Royal Engineers, where his mother claims he was bullied, beaten, and...
Police shoot London hostage gunman (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
John Alcock reports on an incident in the West End of London when a gunman seized a man and held him hostage in the street. The gunman was identified as Metal Mickey of no fixed abode. Includes police...
Police shoot London hostage gunman (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Alcock reports on an incident in the West End of London in which a gunman seized a man and held him hostage in the street. The gunman was identified as Metal Mickey of no fixed abode. Includes police...
Police chief on Werewolf rapist (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Detective Chief Inspector George Smith, on the search for a rapist, known as the Werewolf, who is responsible for a series of sex attacks on elderly women in Surrey and Sussex. (Jose...
Moors victim’s mother on Ian Brady (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Winnie Johnson, the mother of Moors murder victim, Keith Bennett, calling for his killer, Ian Brady, to be transferred from Park Lane Special Hospital to an ordinary prison. Broadcast on...
Girl, 9, dies after sniffing lighter fuel (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Vanessa Black reports on the death in Bristol of nine-year-old Sally Hodge, who died after sniffing lighter fuel. Includes interview with Zena(?) Pyle(?), neighbour; Peter Evans, Community Police Officer.
Patrick Ryan affair (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
John Alcock reports on a crisis cabinet meeting called by Irish Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, to discuss British demands for the extradition of IRA suspect, Patrick Ryan. The British Government is furious that...
Interview with Michael Foot on pit closures (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Rowley interviews former Labour Party leader, Michael Foot, about the announcement of a further fourteen hundred redundancies in the South Wales coalfields. British Coal management say the Marine pit in...