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BCCI embezzlement scandal (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a US congressional committee hearing into the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) following allegations by former congressional investigator Jack Blum that the company looted the third...
START 1 signing coincides with Lithuanian violence (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the signing of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) 1 by US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow (31/07/91), intended to scale down the long-range...
BT price rises follow record profits (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the announcement of BT price rises with telephone bills for the average household increasing by £2.20 or 4.9 percent a quarter from September. The rise follows company profits of 3.1 billion...
London Kuwaitis on end to Gulf war (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Report from the Edgeware Road, London in which Kuwaiti people discuss the aftermath of the Gulf war with their homeland liberated; give their opinion on the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, and the Kuwaitis...
Gulf War hostage compensation (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the compensation paid to hostages who were held in the Gulf War and the problems with the payments. With comment from Joanna Copley of the Gulf Support Group; Foreign Office minister Douglas Hogg;...
Colchester family held hostage for ransom (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the ordeal of the Andrews family (Edna, James and sons James, Matthew) from Colchester who were held hostage in their home by a gang and paid a ransom. Detective Superintendent Malcolm Hargreaves...
Peter Lilley on trade and EC subsidies (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Repotr on the speech given by MP Peter Lilley to the Institute of Directors (with excerpts) on world trade negotiations (GATT) and agricultural subsidies in the EC- the problem areas and the way forward....
David Brindle shot dead in London pub (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on an organised crime revenge attack in Waltham, East London in which two gunmen fired shots into Bell’s Pub killing their intended target, David Brindle before escaping. With comment from witnesses...
Kidnapped man forced to assist robbery (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on the kidnap of Richard Brody, who was driven to a Thomas Cook travel agents in Newhaven and forced to help steal travellers’ cheques and foreign currency. With comment on Brody’s personality...
Hospitals apply for trust status (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on Government reforms to the NHS and political disagreement over their popularity. Junior Health Minister Stephen Dorrell on the list of 113 applicants applying for trust status in the second wave....