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Clapham rail crash - BR chief reacts to report (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British Rail Chairman Sir Robert Basil (Bob) Reid, following the publication of the report from the inquiry into the Clapham rail disaster. The report on the train crash, which killed 35 and...
Ferdinand Marcos on wife’s shoes (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Ted Koppel (ABC) interviews former Filipino president, Ferdinand Marcos, on the US Nightline television programme (04/04/86). Marcos talks about his wife Imelda Marcos’s massive shoe collection. The...
Death of Ferdinand Marcos - Doctor (1989)
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- Interview
Interview with a male doctor (not identified) at Honolulu Hospital following the death of exiled former Filipino President, Ferdinand Marcos, at the age of seventy-two.
Paul Boateng on joining Labour’s front bench (1989)
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- Interview
Clive Myrie interviews Labour MP, Paul Boateng, who has become the first Black MP to join Labour’s front bench. The MP for Brent South has been chosen as a member of the opposition treasury team. He says...
Marie Wilks murder trial (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Nicky Broyd reports on the trial of Eddie Browning, who has been found guilty of and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Marie Wilks, on the M50 motorway in Bushley, Worcestershire on 18/06/88....
Attack on student nurse - Judge criticised over sentence (1989)
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- News report; Interview; Speech
James Bays reports on public criticism of the judiciary following a case in which Judge Nicholas Medawar conditionally discharged three teenagers - Wayne Richardson, Leon Williams, and Benjik Nahoum - after...
John Gummer on contaminated beef (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Agriculture Secretary, John Gummer, following concern over milk that has been contaminated with lead due to animals eating imported animal feed. Over five hundred farms are now under...
Passengers interviewed after North Sea ferry collision (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Series of unedited interviews with British survivors arriving back at Heathrow Airport after a ferry collision in the North Sea off the German coast, in which two Britons were killed. They were thirty-eight...
Royal visit to Hong Kong - Residency row (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Peter Russell reports on the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Hong Kong. Prince Charles has found himself at the centre of a row over whether three-and-a-quarter million British nationals in Hong...
Ambulance dispute - Drop in number of 999 calls (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the London Ambulance Service’s Chief Officer, Tom Crosby, who says emergency calls for ambulances have slumped since army vehicles were drafted in to replace regular ambulance crews. In the...