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  • Israel Supreme Court ruling on deported Palestinians (1992)

    Genre
    News report

    Report by Peter Allen-Frost on the Israeli Supreme Court rejecting an appeal by civil rights lawyers to allow 400 Palestinian Arab Muslim activists to return to Israel, denying that the deportation to...

  • Sun prints Queen’s speech early (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    The BBC is conducting an internal inquiry after allegations by The Sun’s editor, Kelvin McKenzie, that the Queen’s Christmas speech was leaked from the BBC. The Sun published a transcript of the speech...

  • Thunderbirds top Christmas toy bestsellers (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Music; Vox pop

    Anthony Baxter reports on the best selling toys this Christmas, with the Thunderbirds revival securing them firmly at number one. Creator Gerry Anderson discusses their appeal whilst Matthew Brown from...

  • Iraq and Bosnia no-fly zones (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Paul Woodley reports on the shooting down of an Iraqi plane in the no-fly zone in southern Iraq followed by the US moving the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier from off Somalia (where she was supporting...

  • START 2 nuclear arms treaty and George Bush’s travels (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; Press conference; Speech; News report

    The START 2 nuclear arms reduction treaty is to be signed shortly when outgoing US President George H. W. Bush visits Russia. However START 1 is yet to be ratified in Ukraine and other former Soviet states....

  • News review of 1992 (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; Jingle; Music; News report; Speech

    News review of 1992 month by month by written and researched by Howard Hughes, Charlie Rose, and Nick Pisani(?), presented by Jonathan Staples. Speakers include: new Soviet Union leader Boris Yeltsin;...

  • Anniversary of Stalingrad (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report looking back at the long battle at Stalingrad during World War 2 between the Soviets and the Nazis, 50 years ago, in which casualties were heavy but the Soviets won. And on Soviet President Boris...

  • John Major’s workfare idea (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Interviews with MPs about John Major’s workfare idea where people on the Dole do community work in return for cash: shadow Social Security Secretary Donald Dewar; Employment Secretary Gillian Shephard;...

  • Pit closures and unemployment (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Interview

    Report on the demonstrations for 31 threatened mines organised by Women Against Pit Closures with Maureen Stubbings, marcher on the aim of the march; Ann Scargill on the fight to save the pits and NUM...

  • Government review of spending (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Report on the Government’s long term review on spending in all areas to see where to make cuts. Interviews with Shadow chief Secretary to the Treasury Harriet Harman who fears it will be an end to the...