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NUM leaders cleared as trial collapses (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the collapse of the trial of NUM leader Arthur Scargill and General Secretary Peter Heathfield, who were accused of not keeping official NUM records. With reaction to the trial’s collapse from...
Yugoslavian violence could lead to civil war (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the military actions, violence which broke out between Serbs and Croats, and the threat of civil war in Yugoslavia. Louise Branson reports from Belgrade.
George Blake prison break pair cleared of charges (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the acquittal at the Old Bailey of Patrick Pottle and Michael Randle who assisted Soviet spy George Blake in escaping from prison and returning to the Soviet Union 25 years ago. The pair voice...
Welcome home parade for British Gulf war troops (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Report from the welcome home parade for the British troops who were involved in the Gulf War, in the City of London. Spectators express their views. Includes a fly by. Nicky Broyd reports.
Maguire Seven freed (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report from the Appeal Court on the quashing of convictions which saw the Maguire Seven walk free after spending years in jail, falsely imprisoned for running an IRA bomb factory. With sound of protesters...
Commons debate Europe (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the debate on UK Conservative Government’s European policies ahead of the EEC summit in Luxembourg and differences of opinion within the Conservative Party. With Commons speeches from Foreign...
John Major Tory vision (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Prime Ministers John Major’s address to the Conservative women’s conference in Westminster, London (with excerpts) on his vision for the Conservative Party and its policies including the...
Unexploded terrorist bomb found in London (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the discovery of an unexploded bomb in London by a passerby at a theatre where a military band were playing, after a security sweep failed to spot it. Head of the Anti Terrorist Squad George...
Thatcher to stand down as MP (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on Margaret Thatcher’s announcement she will not be standing at the next election for her constituency of Finchley. Includes cuts of Thatcher speeches, mainly focusing on her anti-European views and...
Yugoslavian forces attack Slovenia (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the Yugoslavian attacks on Slovenia in its campaign to topple the breakaway state. Louise Branson reports from Slovenian capital Ljubljana on the military activities both in the air and on the ground.