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403 results found for all records.
Attempted Soviet coup ends (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report; Interview
Howard Hughes reads the 3 o’clock news focusing on the news the attempted Soviet coup appears to be over. Sue Jameson reports from Moscow. Dutch Foriegn Minister Hans van den Broek and British Prime...
Attempted Soviet coup collapses (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; News bulletin; Press conference
IRN 17.00 news read by Katherine Kelly focusing on the collapse of the attempted Soviet coup and reaction around the world. With comment from UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd; US President George H W Bush;...
Attempted Soviet coup collapses (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; Interview; Speech
IRN 06.00 news read by Douglas Cameron focusing on the collapse of the attempted Soviet coup. With Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev speech on victory through an interpreter; comment from Soviet political...
Communist rule in USSR ends as Gorbachev resigns (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report; Speech
IRN 7.00am news bulletin (25/08/91) read by Philip Cottrell, which focuses on the end of communist rule in the Soviet Union after more than seven decades. Mikhail Gorbachev has resigned as party leader and...
21.00 IRN news (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report; Speech; Vox pop
IRN 21.00 news with Roger Walker on US recognition of the Baltic States (with statement by US President George H W Bush); shooting of demonstrators in Republic of Georgia; Prime Minister John Major’s trip...
1 o’clock news with end of Soviet Union (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report; Tribute
Philip Cottrell reads the IRN 1 o’clock news with top story the vote to end the Soviet Union by the Congress of People’s Deputies- Sue Jameson reports from Moscow on the political changes. Other stories...
Tyneside riots (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report; Vox pop
Douglas Cameron reads the 6am news, covering the riots in Tyneside which ended with large fires being set on the Meadowell estate. Colleen(?) Cairns(?) reports with eyewitness interview and Superintendent...
Jackie Mann freed from Beirut captivity (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; Press conference
10pm news bulletin read by Katherine Kelly on the release of veteran hostage Jackie Mann from Beirut, Lebanon after 865 days. Includes press conference with Jackie in damascus, Syria on his harrowing...
Jackie Mann reuinted with wife (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; Press conference
Midnight news bulletin read by Jonny Gould on the release of hostage Jackie Mann in Beirut, he has been reunited with wife Sunnie Mann in Damascus, Syria. Includes Jackie speaking at a press conference in...
Jackie Mann returns to UK (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; News bulletin
2pm IRN news read by Howard Hughes covering the release of Beirut hostage Jackie Mann and his return to the UK at RAF Lyneham with report from the base from James Bays including wife Sunnie Mann speech;...