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Decade (Part 5) (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech; Vox pop
Simon Bowden presents a special series looking back at the main news stories of the 1980s. This fifth part looks at UK politics and the dominance of Margaret Thatcher over the British political scene....
Decade. Pt 6 (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Simon Bowden presents a special series looking back at the main news stories of the 1980s. This part looks at social trends. Includes interviews with Princess Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince Charles,...
Decade. Pt 7 (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech; Music; Special
Simon Bowden presents a special series looking back at the main news stories of the 1980s. This part looks at international political reform and the future of the environment: nuclear threat and cold war;...
General Noriega on trial (1990)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Nick Peters reports from Washington on the extradition to the USA on drug smuggling charges and initial court hearing of dictator General Manuel Noriega of Panama; and joyful reaction of US politicians:...
Terry-Thomas dies (1990)
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- Interview; Obituary
Comic actor Terry-Thomas has died after a 15 year battle against Parkinson’s disease. Camilla Affleck looks back at the man and his career. Harry Secombe, Richard Briers, Barbara Windsor and Lionel Blair...
Muslims protest against Rushdie book (1990)
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- Interview; News report
Muslim groups are holding a week of demonstrations over Salman Rushdie’s book, The Satanic Verses, outside the headquarters of the publishers Viking Penguin in London. The book is shortly expected to...
Ambulance workers call for people power (1990)
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- Interview
Ambulance workers now in their fourth month of dispute say they want to mobilise people power in their campaign for more pay. Unions will call on the public to show solidarity by stopping whatever they are...
Kenneth Clarke on ambulance service pay dispute (1990)
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- Interview
Health secretary Kenneth Clarke on the ambulance service dispute over pay- says the pay claim is excessive, it is not up to him to set NHS pay rates and he doesn’t approve demands for pay parity with...
Ian Charleson dies (1990)
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- Interview; Obituary
The theatre world is mourning the death of Chariots of Fire actor Ian Charleson, who died at the age of forty, after losing his battle against AIDS. Clayre Gribben looks back at his life and career. Actor...
Ron Brown rejects calls for resignation (1990)
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- Interview
Labour MP Ron Brown rejects calls for his resignation by some party members in his Edinburgh Leith constituency after he was convicted of smashing up his former girlfriend’s flat. He maintains he is...