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Strangeways prison inmates finally surrender (1990)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report; Interview
The Strangeways Prison siege is over, with the five remaining inmates surrendering this evening. Reaction from Home Office spokesman Mike Gander; Strangeways Governor, Brendan O’Friel; Home Office...
Recap of Strangeways Prison riot (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Chris Roberts looks back on the twenty-five-day long Strangeways Prison riot and siege. The Reverend Noel Proctor, Prison Officers’ Association member John Bartell, Strangeways governor Brendan O’Friel,...
Train robber Charlie Wilson remembered (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Obituary
Retrospective on the life of Charlie Wilson, who took part in the Great Train Robbery, and who was shot dead last night in Marbella, Spain. Marbella journalist Chris Jones, fellow robber Ronnie Biggs, and...
Dr Marietta Higgs on her future career in paediatrics (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Dr Marietta Higgs, the paediatrician at the centre of the Cleveland child abuse affair who misdiagnosed dozens of children as victims of sexual abuse, is interviewed by Simon Israel about her future career...
American hostage Robert Polhill released from Lebanon (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
It has been revealed that American Robert Polhill is the one of three hostages being freed from Beirut. His son Brian Polhill comments. President George H. W. Bush turns people’s minds to the remaining...
Harriet Harman on MI5 case ruling (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Harriet Harman and Neil Kinnock’s former press secretary Patricia Hewitt have won a human rights ruling against the British internal security service, MI5, by whom they had been classified as...
David Frogett tells how he identified baby snatcher (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Janet Griffiths, who kidnapped baby Alexandra Griffiths from a maternity ward in St Thomas’ Hospital, London, has been committed. Dr David Frogett, who tipped off police, is interviewed. Male interviewer...
Gruinard Island returned to residents (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
World War II has at last come to an end for a small island off the north-west corner of Scotland. Gruinard was requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence for wartime experiments in germ warfare, and has since...
Prince Charles launches Volunteers scheme (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales has launched a new volunteer scheme for young people, called Volunteers. He gives a speech at St James’s Palace, expressing concern for recent social unrest, and hopes to...
Margaret Thatcher remembers Gallipoli’s fallen (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Hannah O’Sullivan reports on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s visit to Gallipoli to pay tribute to three hundred thousand men who died there seventy-five years ago. Includes Thatcher’s reflections...