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Cot death causes (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a Thames Television Daytime show (04/12/84) which saw pathologist Dr Donald Wayte face parents of cot death babies with his unfounded claims many are caused by the parents. Includes excerpt of show...
U-turn over student finance plans (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the withdrawal of plans put forward by Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph, to increase parental contributions for university students with better off parents. Includes Commons speeches by Keith...
Council fire safety obligations (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a fire (20/11/84) in a bed and breakfast at Gloucester Place, Camden, London, that resulted in the deaths of previously homeless Bengali woman Mrs Abdul Karim and her two children, and on...
Roger de Grey elected president of the Royal Academy of Arts (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on artist Roger de Grey being voted President of the Royal Academy of Arts. Includes announcement by Royal Academy Secretary Piers Rodgers; interviews with Royal Academy’s Griselda Hamilton-Baillie...
Lisa Hession murder (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the investigation into the murder of teenager Lisa Hession, from Leigh near Manchester. The police are treating the crime as a sexually-motivated attack. Her mother Christine Hession speaks to a...
M25 accident pile-up (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report from the scene on the pile-up on the M25 motorway on Surrey which has killed several people. Superintendent Nick Brent(?) says the probable cause of the accident is drivers going too fast. Surrey...
Court martial after navy ship hits London Bridge (1984)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the court martial of Commander Colin Hamilton of HMS Jupiter, after his frigate collided with London Bridge, due to his refusal to listen to the advice of his crew and his failure to turn without...
CND phone tapping allegations (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on a Parliamentary debate about the alleged tapping of CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) phones after Home Secretary Leon Brittan rules out an inquiry. Leon Brittan and Labour home affairs...
Miners strike - Funeral of David Wilkie, killed by pickets (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the funeral of taxi driver, David Wilkie, who died when striking miners threw a concrete block from a bridge onto his car as he was driving a non-striking miner to work in Wales. In his formal...
Lisa Hession murder in Leigh (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on a series of sexual assaults in the Manchester area, and the murder of teenager Lisa Hession in Leigh. The police believe the incidents are linked and are searching for one individual in connection...