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Archbishop of Canterbury on prison conditions (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie comments on the awful conditions in Britain’s prisons, promoting their modernisation. He says control is more effective when there is the possibility of more...
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie on Jeeves and Wooster (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, about starring in the upcoming ITV adaptation of P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster novels, and their careers both together and apart. Female interviewer not...
Police investigate alleged murder-suicide (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Police are investigating the deaths of dentist Michael Kafton, found dead in his car, and his wife Christine Kafton, found shot dead at her estranged husband’s home. Detective Superintendent Peter Hines(?)...
Suspected IRA terrorists will not be extradited to Britain (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
There were minor scuffles between RUC officers and an angry crowd where Irish Prime Minister, Charles Haughey was speaking, after it was announced that suspected terrorists were not going to be extradited...
London Underground Workers unimpressed by British Rail offer (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Discussion of the negotiations between London Underground workers and British Rail. Assistant General Secretary of the NUR, Vernon Hince, expresses his disappointment with British Rail’s offer and hints at...
Jill Morrell wants UK to talk to Iranians over hostages (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Jill Morrell, partner of hostage John McCarthy as he enters his fifth year in captivity. She says the British government must talk to the Iranians to get them to use their influence to free...
John McCarthy marks 4 years in captivity (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Report on a service at St Bride’s Church in Fleet Street to mark the start of Lebanon hostage John McCarthy’s fifth year in captivity and calls for a change in UK foreign policy to talk with the Iranians...
USSR threatens Lithuania with sanctions (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with President of Lithuania, Vytautas Landsbergis, over Soviet Union threats to impose economic sanctions against the Baltic state including to cut natural gas and oil supply to the region as it...
US reaction to Soviet threats against Lithuania (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the American government reaction to the Soviet Union threat to enforce an economic embargo on Lithuania which is struggling for independence. The USA could enforce its own economic restrictions on...
Strangeways Prison siege enters day 13 (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on day thirteen of the Strangeways Prison siege, the prison has been taken over by the prisoners with no clear sign of an end in sight. Derek Jones, a relative of a 17 year-old man on remand at the...