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Paddy Ashdown on economy (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Rowley interviews Social and Liberal Democrats leader, Paddy Ashdown, about a call for the Government to overhaul its financial strategy amid further indications that the economy is slowing down. The...
Autistic son given overdose (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Angus Moorat reports from Reading Crown Court where a housewife from Berkshire has been describing how she tried to kill her autistic son. Judith Jones went through a catalogue of personal tragedy last...
Oil spillage in Mersey estuary (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Environment Minister David Trippier, welcoming the formation of an investigative committee following an oil spillage in the Mersey estuary. He says all efforts are being made to find out what...
Shopworker meets Brian Newcombe-sells him sandwiches (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with shopworker Barbara Knight about her encounter with wanted fugitive Brian Newcombe (alias David Kerr), after he bought sandwiches, biscuits and cans of drink at a baker’s shop near...
Three sisters die in vicarage blaze (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Sally Johnson reports on an inquest that has heard how three sisters who died in a burning vicarage at Chilmark, Wiltshire, could have been saved by smoke detectors. Verdicts of accidental death were...
Through the night (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Clive Bull interviews thriller writer, Frederick Forsyth, about the effect political changes in the Soviet Union have had on his novels. He also speaks about his new novel, The Negotiator, with it’s...
Saturday lunchtime (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Keith Howell interviews New Zealand yachtsman, Peter Blake, about competing in the Whitbread Round the World race. Broadcast on LBC Saturday Lunchtime.
Jim Bakker trial (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech
Nick Peters reports from the United States on the trial of disgraced television evangelist, Jim Bakker, who has been accused of swindling his congregation out of millions of dollars to fund a lavish...
Vandal attack on train (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Oni Bhattacharya reports on an investigation by British transport police into how a train driver was almost blinded when a object hurled through his cab window sent shattered glass into his eyes. This was...
Violence at Notting Hill Carnival (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Oni Bhattacharya reports on violence at the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s largest street celebration, where police in riot gear and on horseback attempted to clear the streets of west London. Police say...