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Graham Coveyduck jailed in Nigeria for nearly a year (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on Graham Coveyduck, the British businessmen who was in jail for nearly a year. He was in Nigeria to conduct a fraud investigation and released when a coup overthrew the government. New head of state...
Famine in Sudan (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report from Sudan on the famine there and difficulties in moving supplies to areas in which they are most needed and with food distribution. Includes interviews with Kimberley Rose of Camberwell in East...
USA anti-apartheid movement (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the release of an American protest song aimed at drawing attention to the apartheid regime in South Africa and in particular the international artists who perform in the country in defiance of a...
Milton Obote deposed in Uganda (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the overthrow of Ugandan leader Milton Obote (for the second time). The report looks back at his reign, and that of former president Idi Amin. Originally he was deposed by Idi Amin in January 1971,...
Japan Airlines Flight 123 crash (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report back from Japan shortly after the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 Boeing 747 on a remote mountainside (12/08/85). Information is scarce and rescue work is being hampered by it occurring in the...
Japan Airlines crash (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report back on the Japan Airlines Flight 123 Boeing 747 crash with details about seven survivors and hoax calls taking responsibility for the plane crash. Also speculation over the cause, mechanical fault...
Eyewitness details of Japan Airlines crash (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report back on the Japan Airlines Flight 123 Boeing 747 crash with details of an eyewitness account of what happened during the flight and it’s descent. Also speaks about the discovery of bodies. Male...
Civil air accidents (1985)
- Genre
- News report
Report looking back on aviation accidents following the crash of a Boeing 747 Japan Airlines Flight 123 jumbo on a remote mountainside in Japan and at the safety recvord of the aircraft. Includes Tenerife...
Northern Ireland documentary row (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on attempts to ban a BBC documentary entitled Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union about the problems of political extremism in Northern Ireland, as seen through the eyes of local political leaders,...
Northern Ireland documentary row (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on protests by television workers following the ban by the BBC of controversial television documentary Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union, about political extremism in Northern Ireland, in which...