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Collets bookshop fire bombed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
George Matheson reports on a fire bomb attack on a branch of Collets bookshop on the Charing Cross Road in London. The arson attack is thought to be part of the campaign against Salman Rushdie’s novel, The...
David Evans to be questioned over Brenda Evans murder (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Mark Gayer(?) reports on a police investigation into a twelve year-old unsolved murder. Convicted sex killer David John Evans is to be quizzed by police about the murder of seventeen year-old Brenda Evans in...
Oliver North is fined but spared jail term (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Nick Peters reports from Washington DC on a court decision that Colonel Oliver North, former White House aide should not go to jail for his role in the Iran-Contra affair (Irangate). North will still appeal...
David Bowie returns to Brixton to open new community centre (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Julie Benson reports from Brixton, south London, where rock star David Bowie has returned to his birthplace to open a new hi-tech community centre. Includes vox pop with fans waiting for his appearance;...
Collets bookshop fire bombed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Gareth Furby interviews eyewitnesses, Mr and Mrs Jonathan Condliffe(?) about a fire bomb attack on a branch of Collets bookshop on the Charing Cross Road in London. The arson attack is thought to be part of...
Wimbledon ladies final preview (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Anderson reports from the Wimbledon tennis championships in south London, where Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova will meet in the ladies singles final. Includes interviews with both players and with...
Lord Crickhowell on NRA power (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
George Matheson interviews Lord Crickhowell (Nicholas Edwards), first chairman of the new National Rivers Authority following the privatisation of UK water companies. He says that it will be a strong...
Dolly Kiffin, community leader, gets suspended sentence (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
James Bays reports on the trial of Dolly Kiffin (real name, Menzie Kiffin), director of the North London-based Broadwater Farm Youth Association. She was found guilty of perverting the course of justice...
Laurence Olivier obituary (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Obituary
Tony Cartledge reports on the death of Laurence Olivier at the age of eighty-two. The report looks back on the career of Britain’s foremost actor. Includes excerpt from his film performance in Hamlet;...
Two face charges over George Blake escape (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male speaker (probably either Michael Randall or Patrick Pottle) about claims made in a book (probably The Blake Escape) that he had helped George Blake, the double agent, escape from...