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Call for miners amnesty (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Peter Murphy reports on a call from left-wing Labour Party MPs for an amnesty for all miners jailed in the miners’ strikes. Speaking are: Tony Benn MP; David Hunt, coal minister.
Thatcher gives interview on Belgrano sinking (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a David Frost interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher about the controversial sinking of the Argentinian ship, Belgrano during the Falklands War in 1982. Includes interview excerpts and...
Paul Boateng selected as Parliamentary candidate (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the decision of the Brent South Labour Party to select Paul Boateng as their candidate for the next general election (14/06/85). If elected he will be the first black MP for over half a century....
Brecon & Radnor by-election results (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the result of the Brecon and Radnor by-election on 04/07/85 where the win by SDP-Liberal Alliance candidate Richard Livsey pushed the Conservative Party candidate Christopher Butler into third...
Debate following Brecon and Radnor by-election (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a Parliamentary debate following the result of Brecon and Radnor by-election on 04/07/85 where the Conservative Party were pushed into third place by the win by SDP-Liberal Alliance. With Commons...
Brecon & Radnor by-election results (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview; Election coverage
Report on the result of the Brecon and Radnor by-election on 04/07/85 where the win by SDP-Liberal Alliance candidate, Richard Livsey pushed the Conservative Party into third place. Speaking are Livsey...
Air India flight 182 bombing (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the recovery of the bodies of the victims of Air India Flight 182 and wreckage of the plane to Ireland after it crashed in the Irish Sea after an explosion on board. Includes press conferences with...
Air India flight 182 bombing (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Rob Goldstone? reports following Air India’s Flight 182 exploding over the sea near Ireland on rescue work and forthcoming arrival of Indian inquiry team and relatives of victims in Ireland. Includes...
TWA Flight 847 hijack - report from Beirut (1985)
- Genre
- News report
Foreign correspondent Richard Beeston reports from Beirut about the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 by Lebanese Shia Islamists on 14/06/85. Reporter in studio not identified (poss. Robbie Vincent).
TWA Flight 847 hijack (1985)
- Genre
- News report
David Xenion(?) reports from Beirut about the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 by Lebanese Shia Islamists on 14/06/85 following claims by Nabih Berri, leader of Lebanon’s Shi’a Amal movement, that the...