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Marchioness disaster- previous Bowbelle incident (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with sailor Gerald Hastings after the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). Hastings was involved in a...
Marchioness disaster-owner interviewed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Ken Dwan, owner of the Marchioness, after the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). He likens the...
Marchioness disaster-survivor’s account (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with male survivor (not identified) on the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). Interviewer not heard.
John Evans, world’s oldest man, 112th birthday (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Ione(?) Stills(?) reports on one hundred and twelfth birthday celebrations for John Evans from Swansea. He is officially the world’s oldest man but despite being famous across the globe, ex-miner John says...
Radio Caroline raided by Dutch officials (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Ronan Carroll reports on a raid on Britain’s oldest pop pirate radio station, Radio Caroline. The station has been forced off air after Dutch officials boarded their vessel, The Ross Revenge, in the North...
Drugs raid in Colombia (1989)
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- Interview; News report
Paul Woodley reports from the US on an anti-drugs operation in Colombia where the authorities have rounded up ten thousand people in the wake of the assassination of a leading politician. The killing seems...
Lockerbie bombing-relative on inquiry (1989)
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- Interview
Richard Dallyn interviews Peter Lowenstein, who lost his 21-year-old son Alexander in the Lockerbie bombing (21/12/88), on the need for a public inquiry into the disaster. He also talks about his feelings in...
Lockerbie bombing-relative on security (1989)
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- Interview
Richard Dallyn interviews Richard Hartunian, who lost his 21-year-old sister Lynne in the Lockerbie bombing (21/12/88) on the need for improved international airport security. The interview follows a meeting...
British teacher missing in France (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Marshall reports on the hunt by French police for Birmingham schoolteacher Fiona Jones, who disappeared near the town of Compiegne on 14/08/89. Her husband, Mark Jones, is claiming Gendarmes in Northern...
Boy abducted from London garden (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Jonathan Annells reports on a police hunt in East London for a man who drugged and sexually abused a nine-year-old boy after abducting him from his family’s back garden on Monday. Police say the man they...