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Children of Yvonne Dunlop meet Ken Livingstone (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the forthcoming visit by the three children of Yvonne Dunlop (killed in an IRA attack in 1976) to Greater London Council leader Ken Livingstone. Includes contributions from Livingstone and Mayor of...
Unification Church withdraws from Britain (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Daily Mail’s announcement that the Unification Church (also known as the Moonies) is withdrawing from Britain following a failed libel action against the paper. Includes interview with...
Yorkshire Ripper film - Rumours denied (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on Michael Rocky Ryan’s claim to be working on behalf of a major American film company on Hail Mary, the story of the Yorkshire Ripper. Ryan says he has met with Peter Sutcliffe. Robert De Niro, Pat...
Owen Carron elected, Fermanagh and South Tyrone (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on the victory of Irish republican Owen Carron in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election. Includes interview with Carron, and statements and speeches by former UDR major Ken Maginnis and losing...
IRA hunger strike ends (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the ending of the IRA hunger strike at the Maze prison. Includes reaction from Catholic priest Father Denis Faul; Sinn Fein spokesman Danny Morrison; an unidentified male Belfast MP; with...
IRA hunger strike ends (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Report on the end of the IRA hunger strike at the Maze prison. Includes speeches and comment by Humphrey Atkins, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; Danny Morrison, Sinn Fein; Cardinal Tomas O Fiaich;...
Eamonn Mallie called to collect Ben Dunne (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the abduction by the IRA of Irish businessman Ben Dunne. Eamonn Mallie, political correspondent for Belfast commercial radio station Downtown Radio, was instructed to meet Dunne on his release last...
Independence for Belize - End of British rule (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
John Suchet reports on the ceremony in which Belize received independence from Britain. Includes speech by Belizian Prime Minister, George Price.
8th anniversary of Chilean coup (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a rally (in London?) to mark the eighth anniversary of the coup against former Chilean president, Salvador Allende and to protest against General Augusto Pinochet’s military rule. Includes...
Kenneth Littlejohn on release and book (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Kenneth Littlejohn claims in his forthcoming book that he and his brother Keith were asked by the British security services to spy on the IRA. They say they were betrayed by the British Government after they...