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  • Review of the decade - The Thatcher years (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Special; Speech

    Peter Spencer presents Review of the Decade, namely, the Thatcher years. Includes speeches by Margaret Thatcher, a review of her leadership qualities, and the criticism she received for what opposition...

  • Tiananmen Square protests (1989)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Special; Vox pop

    A documentary, presented by Brian Anderson, which tells the story of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 which culminated in the Tiananmen Square Massacre, referred to in China as the June Fourth Incident....

  • Alexander Fleming special (1989)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Special

    Sean Street presents a programme documenting the discovery of penicillin, and which explores the life and career of the man who discovered it, Sir Alexander Fleming. Street talks to Sir Stanley Peart,...

  • David Owen on the opening up of the Berlin Wall (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Former Foreign Secretary, David Owen speaking following the decision by the East German Government to allow its citizens to cross the Berlin Wall freely into West Germany. Owen on his belief that the Wall...

  • British Government spokesman on opening up of Berlin Wall (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male Conservative politician speaking following the decision by the East German Government to allow its citizens to cross the Berlin Wall freely into West Germany. On his hopes for German...

  • German speaker on implications of opening up Berlin Wall (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified German male speaker on the wider implications of the opening up of the Berlin Wall. Arguing that the East Germans are not looking for immediate reunification and that the Western bloc is more...

  • US Government reaction to opening up of Berlin Wall (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Unidentified (English?) male reporter on US Government reaction to the opening up of the Berlin Wall. Includes President George Bush welcoming the event but arguing that it does not mean the end of the Iron...

  • Chaos at checkpoint following opening up of Berlin Wall (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special

    Report on the decision by the East German Government to allow its citizens to cross the Berlin Wall freely into West Germany. Live coverage by an unidentified female reporter on the chaos at one East German...

  • Implications for Germany of opening up of Berlin Wall (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    The decision by the East German Government to allow its citizens to cross the Berlin Wall freely into West Germany. Unidentified (English?) male speaker, who was witness to the Wall’s early construction,...

  • East Berliner on East German action following opening up of Berlin Wall (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    The opening up of the Berlin Wall. Young male East Berliner, who has visited West Berlin for the first time, on the need for East Germany to put together a programme for action, the speed of social change,...