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Special royal command performance in honour of the Queen Mother (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nicky Broyd reporting on a special royal command performance in honour of the Queen Mother at the London Palladium, celebrating the changing face of entertainment over her ninety years. Cliff Richard on...
Patricia Cahill and Karyn Smith held in Thai prison (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Tim Locke reports on British teenagers Patricia Cahill and Karyn Smith who are being held in a prison in Thailand for smuggling heroin. With Patrick Cahill claiming his daughter is innocent; friend Fay...
End of Nikolai Tolstoy’s appeal court battle in Lord Aldington libel case (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Israel reporting on the ending of historian Count Nikolai Tolstoy’s appeal court battle, after losing the libel action brought by Lord Aldington (Toby Low) over allegations of war crimes. Tolstoy...
IRA bombing of London Stock Exchange (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Clayre Gribben reporting from the scene of a bomb attack on the London Stock Exchange, which had been evacuated following a warning from the Irish Republican Army. Includes accounts of employees and...
Andrew Hugh-Smith on London Stock Exchange bombing (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Following the Irish Republican Army bomb attack on the London Stock Exchange, Chairman Andrew-Hugh Smith on security at the building, the damage caused and the effect on trading. Clayre Gribben reports.
IRA bombing of London Stock Exchange (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Clayre Gribben reporting on the IRA bomb attack on the London Stock Exchange. Includes employee accounts: Warren Veal on the evacuation; Debbie Simpson on the alarm given; Nicholas Morton on the likelihood...
Renewed IRA campaign following London Stock Exchange bombing (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Following a bomb attack on the London Stock Exchange, Clayre Gribben reporting on the renewed IRA campaign on the British mainland and abroad, with coverage of previous attacks. With Alice Mahon local MP on...
Capping powers used on councils to hold down poll tax rises (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Havovi Todd reporting on Environment Secretary Chris Patten’s use of capping powers to hold down poll tax rises, and Labour-run Haringey Council’s decision to challenge its reduced charge. Leader of the...
Government decision to give up golden share in Britoil (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Sally Arthy reporting on the Government’s decision to give up the golden share in Britoil that it retained after British Petroleum acquired the company. Energy Minister Peter Morrison’s statement in the...
Berlin performance of The Wall (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the performance of the rock opera, The Wall at the Brandenberg Gate in Berlin to raise cash for the charity, the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief. Former leader of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, on...