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  • Islamic group rally in Trafalgar Square (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special; Speech; Vox pop

    Nick Wood reports on a rally by the radical Islamic group Hisb’ut Tahrir in Trafalgar Square. The group which wants to establish an Islamic state is Britain’s fastest growing political party, but has...

  • Railtrack poor safety record to be exposed (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Robert Allen reports on a leaked Government memo warning of the danger of another Clapham-style train disaster and about the poor safety record of Railtrack. includes interviews with Labour transport...

  • Fifty years after Japanese surrender in WWII (1995)

    Genre
    News report

    Nick Wood reports on a memorial service in Tokyo, Japan to their war dead on the fiftieth anniversary of their surrender at the end of the Second World War. Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama made a statement...

  • Fifty years after Japanese surrender in WWII (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Nick Wood reports on the Japanese surrender fifty years ago that brought the Second World War to an end. Includes speeches by President Harry Truman calling for Japan to surrender and announcing surrender;...

  • Royal British Legion commemorate the dead (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    It is fifty years since the Japanese surrendered and the end of the Second World War. Two Royal British Legion officials, Graham Downing and Bert Reeves, are interviewed on being allowed into London’s...

  • John Redwood’s new Tory think tank (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Brian Ging reports on John Redwood’s new Conservative Party policy think tank Conservative 2000 Foundation and his insistence of continued support for John Major despite standing against him in the...

  • Royal Yacht Britannia arrives for VJ day celebrations (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Alison Hodgkins reports on the arrival of the Royal Yacht Britannia to the Pool of London for the 50th anniversary VJ day celebrations. Likely to be one of the last of its engagement as it will be...

  • Cowden rail accident inquest verdict (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Paul Chapman reports back to the studio (reporter not identified) on the inquest at Tunbridge Wells into the rail crash at Cowden in Kent last year with open verdicts returned on three out of the five...

  • Tube dispute (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    ASLEF and the RMT are not happy with the revised pay offers and are planning strikes on the tube Tuesdays and Thursdays. Relations have worsened following a court injunction and it looks as if industrial...

  • Hindu temple in Neasden (1995)

    Genre
    Discussion; News report

    Paul Chapman tours the Shri Swaminarayan Hindu temple with volunteer Girish Patel. Craftsmen are putting the finishing touches to the record-breaking temple in the heart of Neasden in North London which is...