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Reprieve for nuns’ chickens (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Nuns from Northamptonshire fighting to save their chickens have won another reprieve from the High Court for their flock, which is allegedly contaminated with salmonella and due to be slaughtered by the...
Kenneth Baker supports Thatcher as leader (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
New Conservative Party chairman, Kenneth Baker says the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is a strong and determined leader, despite the polls showing 42 percent of voters think she should resign now....
Graham Chapman, Monty Python star is buried at Maidstone (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Obituary
Catherine Bayfield reports on the death from cancer and quiet family funeral in Maidstone, Kent of Monty Python star, Graham Chapman. Includes reading by Reverend Tony Porter of a poem written by Chapman’s...
Soviet skipper commits suicide in round the world yact race (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
LBC Crown FM’s sailing correspondent, Keith Howell interviews chairman of the Whitbread round the world race committee, Admiral Charles Williams, following news Aleksei Gryshenko, skipper of the Soviet...
Tom King on defence measures (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Martin Young interviews Defence Secretary Tom King at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool. He talks about the continuing threat from the Soviet Union and the need for a strong defence capability...
Ron Brown reselected (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Louise Randall reports from Edinburgh, where controversial Labour MP Ron Brown has fought off two challengers in the battle for reselection to his Leith constituency. Brown managed to win just over half the...
Marchioness disaster - solicitor on legal action (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Simon Bowden interviews Patrick Allen, spokesman for the Marchioness boat disaster solicitors’ group, on the decision to take legal action against the owners of the two boats involved (the Marchioness and...
Terry Waite held for one 1000 days (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Phil Edwards reports on the continuing captivity of Church of England special envoy, Terry Waite, who has now been held in the Lebanon for 1000 days. He disappeared in early 1987 while trying to negotiate...
Royal feud over Marina Ogilvy pregnancy (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Bowden reports on a feud in the family of Princess Alexandra, which is likely to come further under the spotlight when her daughter Marina Ogilvy gives an exclusive interview on the Kilroy television...
President de Klerk meets church leaders (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
David O’Sullivan reports on a meeting in South Africa between President F.W. de Klerk and 3 leading anti-apartheid clerics: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Reverend Frank Chikane, General Secretary of the...