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Sinead O’Connor boycotts Grammys (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on the Grammy awards after singer Sinead O’Connor boycotts the event as a protest against commercialism in music. Excerpts from acceptance speeches by singers Phil Collins, Quincy...
Rover sale to BMW scandal (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on Dr John Gilbert, a member of an all party Commons Select Committee, accusing Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government of attempting to conceal parts of the BAE deal which sold British car...
Prison conditions (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the findings of the Woolf report, which recommends improvement of conditions in prisons. Comments from an inmate at Pentonville prison in London; Chairman of the Prison Officers Association, John...
Birmingham six appeal (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Julian O’Neill reports for LBC Newstalk 97.3 on the second appeal case of the Birmingham Six as the prosecution case starts to look weak with evidence discredited. They were sentenced to life imprisonment...
Birmingham Six case (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the final appeal of the Birmingham Six, who were given 21 life sentences for the Birmingham Pub Bombings in 1974. Describes the history of the case including eyewitness reports from victims Linda...
Gulf war - ground war begins (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Peter Murphy reports on the ground war in the Gulf beginning and the retaliation of a SCUD missile attack by the Iraqis.
Gulf War - ground war begins (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Nick Peters reports from Washington on US President George H W Bush and Defence Secretary Dick Cheney preparing a statement on the start of the ground war in the Gulf and on surrender of Iraqi soldiers as...
Gulf war - navy shelling (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the shelling of Iraqi positions near the coast by the Navy as the Gulf war military operation continues. Male reporter not identified.
Gulf war - ground war begins (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Nick Peters reports from Washington on US President George H W Bush’s statement (with excerpts) announcing the start of the ground attacks in the Gulf war and on US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney’s...
Gulf war - British troops in ground war (1991)
- Genre
- News report
James Matthews reports from with the British First Armoured Division (Desert Rats) on the British offensives in Kuwait as the ground war in the Gulf begins. Due to reporting restrictions he cannot give full...