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Challenges faced by developers of Channel Tunnel (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Music
Overview of the challenges faced by developers of the Channel Tunnel, the underwater link between the UK and France, as the builders are about to break through and meet. Includes excerpt of Margaret Thatcher...
ANC leader back in South Africa after 30-year exile (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Music
African National Congress leader Oliver Tambo returns to South Africa after thirty-one years in exile in the UK. ANC deputy leader Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie were allowed onto the tarmac to greet Tambo....
Rikki Shields, campaigner for return of ancestral remains (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Rikki Shields, an aboriginal man from north Australia, is spearheading a campaign for the return of his people’s ancestral remains from western museums back to Australia. He explains. Tessa Clarke(?)...
Closure of Mardy Colliery (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
John Gripton reports on the pithead community service marking the closure of Mardy, the last remaining colliery in the Rhondda Valleys and reaction to the closure. Includes interviews with miner Len Evans;...
Closure of Mardy Colliery (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Vox pop
Sally Johnson reporting on the closure of Mardy Colliery, the last remaining colliery in the Rhondda Valleys. Includes reaction from NUM lodge chairman Mike Richards; vox pop with locals including miner Eric...
Tony Bennett and Mark Smith (1990)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; Music; News bulletin; Phone-in; Trailer
Tony Bennett, veteran singer, on his life and music; his new album and his appearance at the Royal Albert Hall. We also hear music from his new album and he takes calls from the public. Speaking to Mark...
Lloyd Cole life and times (1990)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; Music; News bulletin; Trailer
Mark Smith interviews singer-songwriter, Lloyd Cole, about his life and times, music and his new album. Includes excerpts of Cole’s music and from Lloyd Cole and the Commotions; advertisements; trailers...
Michael Parkinson interviews Eartha Kitt (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; Phone-in
Actress and singer Eartha Kitt talks to Michael Parkinson about the dispute in America over the race of an actor (Jonathan Pryce) in the Broadway production of Miss Saigon; whether she herself has lost out...
Cliff Richard charity single (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Vox pop
Camilla Affleck reports (from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in London?) on Cliff Richard helping launch a charity record aimed at raising money for leukaemia research and the hospital. Includes actuality of the...
Death of pop star Mel Appleby (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; Obituary; Press conference
Camilla Affleck reports on the illness and death of 24 year-old pop star Mel Appleby, one half of the chart topping duo Mel and Kim. Includes music by Mel and Kim; archive clips of Mel Appleby and record...