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New legislation for football grounds (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the Home Secretary Leon Brittan’s announcement in the House of Commons of new legislation aimed at preventing any further tragedy following the Bradford City Football Club Valley Parade stadium...
Bradford football stadium fire (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Speech
Report on the memorial service at Bradford Cathedral for those who lost their lives at the Bradford City Football Club Valley Parade stadium fire. Speaking are the Bishop of Bradford, The Right Reverend...
Funeral of Roy Mason - Bradford FC fire victim (1985)
- Genre
- Music; News report
Report on the first funeral of a victim of the Bradford City Football Club Valley Parade stadium fire, 74-year-old Roy Mason at the Methodist church in the small village where he lived. Congregation sings...
Royal couple visit Bradford fire survivors (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the Prince of Wales and Princess Diana, Princess of Wales’ visit to the survivors of the Bradford City Football Club Valley Parade stadium fire at Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield. Speaking are...
Thatcher visits Bradford fire survivors (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s visit to the remains of the football ground and to survivors at St Luke’s Hospital, Bradford, following the Bradford City Football Club Valley Parade stadium...
Charity song for Bradford City FC fire families (1985)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Interview
Report on the release of a charity single by a supergroup formed in aid of the Bradford City Football Club Valley Parade stadium fire disaster fund. Speaking are keyboard player Rick Wakeman; Thin Lizzy...
Alec Askew on Land’s End school trip accident (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on press conference (with excerpts) with headmaster Alec Askew about the freak wave which swept five of his students into the sea while they were on a school visit to Land’s End, killing four. Male...
Air crash kills police over Ringwood (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the crash of an Edgley Optica police spy plane over Ringwood, Hampshire. PC Gerald Spencer, the pilot, and Detective Constable Malcolm Wiltshire, photographer, died in the accident. Includes...
British Rail engineering scaling down (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) Chairman and Managing director, Philip Norman, explains why the company must lose five thousand jobs. Their Swindon base will be the hardest hit. Swindon works...
Ronnie Biggs 20 years in Brazil (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a broadcast where former policeman, Jack Slipper, and presenter Pete Murray? spoke to Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs, who is in exile in Brazil planning to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of...