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Thatcher visits bombed barracks (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Catherine Bayfield reports on a visit to Deal in Kent by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, following the an IRA bomb attack on the Royal Marines barracks which killed eleven bandsmen. She visited the wounded...
Broadwater Farm drugs raid - Reaction (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Gareth Furby reports on a drugs raid by the Metropolitan Police on the Broadwater Farm estate in north London, coming just a week before the fourth anniversary of the riots in which PC Keith Blakelock was...
Diana Moran on new cancer directory (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Diana Moran, television keep-fit instructor (also known as The Green Goddess), about a new national directory of contacts for people with cancer, called Help Is There, which has been launched...
Commonwealth report on climate change (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Allen reports on reaction by Shridath Ramphal, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, to a report on the effects of world climate change. The report comes a month before the Commonwealth leaders’...
Baby born as result of new fertility method (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tanya Shields reports from Liverpool on the birth of John Liam Donaldson to parents Kathleen and John Donaldson. The birth was made possible by a revolutionary fertility treatment. The new intra-vaginal...
The night is young (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Carol Allen interviews Walt Disney’s nephew, Roy Disney, about the legendary film company during his visit to London. He says his favourite Disney film is Fantasia; talks about his children and...
Rachel Manley on the Edna Manley diaries (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Syd Burke interviews Rachel Manley, granddaughter of sculptor, Edna Manley, about the publication of her grandmother’s diaries which cover the years 1939 to her death in 1987. Edna Manley was the was the...
Ernie Wise on heart charity fundraising tour (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with comedian, Ernie Wise, who is following in the footsteps of Phineas Fogg, the fictional explorer who travelled round the world in eighty days, by making a journey for charity. He is beginning...
Alistair Morton on Eurotunnel costs (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Margaret Shiels interviews the co-chairman of Eurotunnel, Alastair Morton, about the costs of building the Channel Tunnel which have soared to seven billion pounds. The projected increase is down to dearer...
Robert Runcie on agreement with the Pope (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
James Bays interviews the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, after he signed a joint declaration with the Pope in Rome which he hopes will pave the way towards unity between the Catholic and...