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IRA plants bomb on country road (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an IRA bomb planted on a quiet country road in Armagh which killed three Royal Ulster Constabulary policemen and 37 year-old Roman Catholic nun, Sister Catherine Dunn. Speakers are Ulster Security...
Appointment of George Carey as Archbishop of Canterbury (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the appointment of Dr George Carey, Bishop of Bath and Wells as the next Archbishop of Canterbury following the announcement of Dr Robert Runcie’s retirement. Includes part of speech by Carey,...
Victims of Brent Spar crash flown to Aberdeen (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Sikorsky helicopter crash at the Brent Spar oil storage platform, from where the bodies of those who died have been flown back to Aberdeen. Offshore Industry Chaplain, Reverend Andrew Wylie...
Exxon Valdez master cleared (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Exxon Valdez master Joseph Hazelwood being cleared of all serious charges in connection with the tanker’s oil spill and how the US Coast Guard failed to process blood samples properly. Includes...
Labour Party summer campaign (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the Labour Party and its campaign plan for the summer recess as the Conservative Party trail in the opinion polls. Speakers are Labour leader Neil Kinnock and campaign co-ordinator Jack Cunningham....
Appointment of George Carey as Archbishop of Canterbury (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the appointment of Dr George Carey, Bishop of Bath and Wells, as the next Archbishop of Canterbury following the announcement of Dr Robert Runcie’s retirement. Clive Myrie reports. Includes...
Controversy at WWF (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on ITV’s investigative current affairs television programme, The Cook Report, which has criticised Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh’s favourite charity, the WWF (formerly the World Wildlife Fund,...
Queen Mother 90th Birthday report (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Tribute
Report on the Queen Mother’s 90th Birthday. Londoners will pay special tribute to the Queen Mother when she visits the East End of the city 50 years after doing so during the Blitz. Speakers are Blitz...
Queen Mother 90th Birthday celebrations (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Music
Report on the Queen Mother’s 90th Birthday celebrations and her visit to London’s East End. Speakers are Deputy Headmistress, Ruth Gibbons(?); 6 year-old pupil Laura Holmes; Victoria Park keeper Steve...
Ulster politicians react to death of Ian Gow (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Northern Irish politicians Jim Molyneaux (Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)), Laurence Kennedy (Conservative Party) and Seamus Mallon (SDLP) react to the death of Conservative MP, Ian Gow, who was killed by an IRA...