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Cold weather hits services (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
As freezing weather and snow cause problems with public transport and utilities, Labour Transport spokesman John Prescott expresses his frustration; British Rail spokesman John Ellis speaks in the...
John Taylor is Cheltenham’s Tory candidate (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Tim Webb reports from Cheltenham on the announcement of black candidate John Taylor as the Conservative’s PPC. Cheltenham’s Conservative Party Chair, Monica Drinkwater, announces the result of the vote;...
Michael Parkinson show (1991)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; Jingle; News bulletin; News report; Phone-in; Trailer
Michael Parkinson show on London Talkback Radio with guests writer Keith Waterhouse and Senior Lecturer on Peace Studies at Bradford University Dr Paul Rogers. Waterhouse discusses his career, love of the...
Michael Parkinson show (1991)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; Jingle; News bulletin; News report; Trailer
Michael Parkinson show on London Talkback Radio with guests politician Roy Jenkins, Body Shop founder Anita Roddick and John Connell from the Noise Abatement Society. Roy Jenkins on his autobiography A Life...
Multi-million-pound scheme devised to save London Zoo (1992)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Charlie Stayt reports from London Zoo that the Zoological Society of London has agreed a multi-million-pound scheme to save the zoo from closure. Joe Gibbs, Curator of Mammals, explains the changes they hope...
Russia faces further economic struggle (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Vox pop
Moscow correspondent Andrew Harding reports from Russia on President Boris Yeltsin’s abolition of price-fixing on food. School teacher Daniel Johnson and his pupils in Magadan watch American television and...
Man kills wife before crashing his car, killing himself and three others (1992)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Helen Costello reports on New Year’s Day from Llandudno, where Vernon Reynolds gatecrashed a New Year’s Eve party and stabbed his estranged wife, Denise. He also stabbed two members of her family who are...
Ian Bennett killed by police for possessing replica gun (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Ian Bennett was shot dead by police at his flat in Rastrick, near Halifax, West Yorkshire after they mistook his replica guns for real ones. Jean Bennett, Ian’s mother, says the police were reckless and...
Richmond ice rink closes down (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Charlie Stayt reports from Richmond Ice Rink, opening for its final night. The Royal family have enjoyed the ice rink, with Prince Andrew, Duke of York taking an 8-week skating course there. Includes...
Neil Kinnock prepares Labour Party for election campaign (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Election broadcast
Labour leader Neil Kinnock holds the first Shadow Cabinet meeting of 1992 in preparation for the General Election. No date has yet been set for the election but Kinnock argues it will be a lengthy battle,...