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The night is young (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Carol Allen talks to film director Mira Nair about her awardwinning film Salaam Bombay!; making films in India, Bollywood and the Indian film industry; trying to get commercial success; who her audiences are...
Steve Jones show (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Steve Jones interviews special guest actor Windsor Davies, about his current play Run for Your Wife at the Whitehall Theatre, acting in farce, the other actors, the audiences; going to New Zealand; rugby and...
Exxon Valdez disaster (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on the Exxon Valdez tanker oil spill in Alaska- how pilot Frank Cousins was not authorised to steer the ship, captain Joe Hazelwood being relieved of his duty and not on deck when the...
Explosion in vehicle carrying explosives (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on an explosion in a van carrying explosives in Peterborough that killed a fireman and injured 80 people, there was no warning on the van about what it was carrying. Interviews with Frank Murray,...
Mike Reid on his pub (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with actor and comedian Mike Reid about his buying a pub in Essex: why he bought it, whether his experience as a character (Frank Butcher) in television soap EastEnders will help, who will be...
London traffic problems (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Julie Benson reports on travel in London. With truck driver Billy Rapaccole(?) on the congestion; Steven Haker, chairman of the CBI taskforce set up to combat traffic problems, on how trains are too...
Piper Alpha oil platform destroyed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Occidental Petroleum spokesman Alex Blake-Milton on the demolition of the Piper Alpha oil platform: why they chose to detonate earlier than planned, how the demolition went, relief at its finally having...
Scottish Constitutional Convention (1989)
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- News report; Interview; Speech
Mark Smith reports on the Scottish Constitutional Convention, which the SNP has boycotted. Chairman, David Steel MP declares the claim of right; Alan Armstrong, organiser of the convention, talks about what...
International Model Railway Exhibition, Thomas the Tank Engine (1989)
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- Interview; News report
Mark Percy reports on Thomas the Tank Engine creator, the Reverend W. Awdry at the International Model Railway Exhibition. He interviews the writer about the success of the stories, originally created for...
Margaret Thatcher interview for BBC African Service (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Rodney Bennett reports on an interview with Margaret Thatcher by the BBC’s African Service, in which she talks about trade sanctions against South Africa, the possibility of her talking with the ANC,...