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The night is young - Loudon Wainwright III (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Gill Pyrah interviews American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, on the The Night Is Young. Includes version of Loudon Wainwright’s I Eat Out, and I Don’t Think That Your Wife Likes Me. Also...
Lockerbie bombing-memorial service sermon (1989)
- Genre
- Speech; Music
Excerpt from a sermon during a memorial service in Drysdale Church, Lockerbie, Scotland, following the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 (21/12/88). Ends abruptly.
George H. W. Bush - inauguration as President (1989)
- Genre
- Music; Speech
The swearing-in of President-elect, George Herbert Walker Bush as forty-first President of the United States of America, together with his inaugural speech; preceded by the swearing-in as Vice-President...
Protesters out in force as police storm church to seize asylum seeker (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
The arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis has provoked a political storm. Earlier today the thirty-two year-old communist and Tamil separatist was forcibly seized and removed from the...
Mark Brown on the plight of Viraj Mendis (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Music
The argument against deportation put forward by Viraj Mendis, a Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) living illegally in the UK, is based on the recent rise of a Sinhalese terror group, the Janatha Vimukthi...
Ignat Solzhenitsyn on his musical education (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, a pianist from the Purcell School for talented young musicians based in Harrow, North London, talks to Rodney Bennett during rehearsals about his life and ambitions in music and is heard...
Allan Clarke on life and times (1989)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; Music; Trailer
Allan Clarke, singer with The Hollies, on his life, times and career, and his relationship with former band-member, Graham Nash. The interview coincides with the release of a theme tune (excerpt heard) for...
School protest song against Channel Tunnel rail link (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Pupils of Dulverton Junior School, Bexley, London have created a campaign protest song (excerpt heard) against the bulldozing of their school along with linked nursery, infant and primary schools, to make...
Bobby Robson on Albania match (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
The England football team are to play against Albania in a World Cup qualifying match. England manager Bobby Robson says the team have enjoyed a rapturous welcome in Tirana. Includes clip of song...
Sean Cannon from The Dubliners (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Steve Jones interviews Sean Cannon from Irish folk band The Dubliners who dispels rumours of a band break-up; tells how they have sold out The Mean Fiddler in London; and on the band’s last 27 years. Also...