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BR employees win right to strike (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
The Court of Appeal has refused to grant an injunction to British Rail to stop 24 hour strikes on the railways. BR spokesman Paul Watkinson says the company will get together with the NUR to solve the...
NHS reform with contract for GPs (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
An unidentified politician on proposals in a white paper for reform of the NHS which will include a contract for GPs. Health service workers will vote on the proposals. He says the public should know where...
Hong Kong politician on Chinese handover concerns (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Hong Kong legislator, Alan Lee, on growing concern for the future of the residents of the British colony as martial law continues in China. Hong Kong is due to be handed over to China in 1997...
Firebomb attack on Coventry police station (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Chief Superintendent Jim Swingewood of Coventry Police, on a fire bomb attack on Coventry’s main police station. Windows near the sleeping quarters were doused in petrol and set alight and...
Summer Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge - police operation (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Julie Osborne reports on police operations in readiness for the Summer Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge in South Wiltshire. Many so-called hippies have set up camp on the Wiltshire-Hampshire border, but...
Maxim Gorky, Soviet cruise ship, hits iceberg (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Oni Bhattacharya interviews Arne Finne from the Norwegian Search and Rescue Centre, about a Soviet liner called the Maxim Gorky, which struck an iceberg and started letting in water. Although it was thought...
Steve Jones show (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Advertisement; Trailer
Steve Jones interviews actress, Sandra Dickinson about her performance in Dames at Sea, at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford. She talks about doing a television pilot in California with Henry Winkler;...
Jimmy Knapp on rail strike (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Margaret Shiels interviews Jimmy Knapp, NUR General Secretary, about a proposed national rail strike on 21/06/89. The Executive of the NUR will meet on 22/06/89 to discuss the effects of the stoppage and to...
Maxim Gorky, Soviet cruise ship, hits iceberg (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a Norwegian search and rescue operation relating to a stricken Soviet liner called the Maxim Gorky, which struck an iceberg and started letting in water. The Maxim Gorky was on a cruise from...
The night is young (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
The Night is Young. Carol Allen interviews African-American film director, Spike Lee about his new film, Do the Right Thing, which deals with the subject of racial conflict. The setting is a black quarter of...