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Newcastle rail crash (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Newcastle upon Tyne rail crash (01/08/84). Survivors and British Rail Area Manager, Peter Taylor(?), comment. Male reporter and female interviewer not identified.
APT train relaunched by BR (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on the re-launch of British Rail’s APT train after it was withdrawn within a week of service three years ago. With comment from passengers, driver Cliff Sandyman(?) and guard Ron Gillybran(?). Male...
Trade union ban at GCHQ (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on GCHQ civil servants losing their Appeal Court case against a ban on trade union membership because of national security fears. With negative views on ruling from Labour Party leader, Neil Kinnock;...
Thatcher opens East Surrey Hospital (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Special
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s opening of the East Surrey Hospital at Redhill and demonstrations against her- with chanting heard. Includes interview with health workers’ union leader,...
Air crash kills 11 in Staffordshire (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an air crash in Staffordshire, killing eleven people. Eyewitness Geoff(?) Lander(?) describes the crash and hospital administrator Keith Shilton comments on the health and story of a survivor....
Chay Blyth and family feared lost at sea (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the wreckage found off Cornwall which was believed to be a section of the craft of Briton Chay Blyth, currently looking to break the world record sailing through Cape Horn, it turned out to be...
Memorial service for Richard Burton (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report from Trafalgar Square in London, at the memorial service of actor Richard Burton, at St Martins in the Field. Includes singing of Welsh male voice choir, a reading by John Gielgud from...
Latest drug addiction figures (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a rise in official figures relating to heroin addiction amongst young people. Home Office Minister David Mellor and Liberal MP David Alton comment on the causes of the problem and speculate on what...
Death of Lord Fermoy (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Obituary
Report on the sudden death of Edmund James Burke Roche, 5th Baron Fermoy, the uncle of Princess Diana, Princess of Wales. Includes interview with a neighbour in Hungerford Captain John McCubbin(?). Male...
Libyan terror suspect murdered in London (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the death of Libyan terror suspect, Ali El-Giahour, found dead in his flat in London. Includes interview with neighbour Bronwyn Adams. Male reporter not identified.