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Dockers threaten strikes (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Port employers have been dealt a body blow in their legal battle to avert a national docks strike. A high court judge has thrown out an application to temporarily block the threatened stoppage. Dockers...
Demonstration against Salman Rushdie book (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Police in riot gear were called in when violent clashes broke out during a demonstration by twenty thousand Muslims who marched on Downing Street in a protest against Salman Rushdie’s book, The Satanic...
Death of Don Revie (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Obituary
Former England and Leeds United manager Don Revie has died at the age of 61. He had been ill for some time with motor neurone disease. Reporter Eve Conway looks back at his colourful and controversial...
Larry Adler on protests over Salman Rushdie book (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
On the eve of a protest by Muslims it has been announced that for the first time a group of British authors are to publicly read out extracts from Salman Rushdie’s book, The Satanic Verses. Writer and...
Stevie Wonder entertains children at birthday celebration (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Speech
Stevie Wonder joined an impromptu singing session today with scores of children, when he turned up for a special birthday party at the British Telecom Tower. As Richard Armstrong reports, the pop...
Home Office seeks advice from US in drug war (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Home Office Minister Douglas Hogg took one look at the drug markets of Washington DC yesterday, and said he was not confident that the new drug crack could be stopped from swamping Britain in the way it...
Douglas Hogg on drugs fact-finding mission (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Douglas Hogg cannot claim that his job as Home Office Minister responsible for the fight against drugs has been made any easier by his fact-finding visit to the USA over the last few days. He has learned...
Geoffrey Howe on national security (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe is denying that the Government had anything to do with claims that Soviet agents were trying to blackmail Labour MPs. It is alleged that the plot was the reason for...
Arsenal win European cup (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
A quarter of a million people brought Islington to a standstill as Arsenal returned triumphantly with the league championship. It is the first time they have taken the title in eighteen years and for many...
Joanna Lumley on the plight of elephants (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Joanna Lumley gives an interview in aid of raising awareness as to the plight of the elephant, which is being poached in great numbers and could face extinction without a worldwide ban on the hunting of...