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Terry Waite on Beirut mission (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the decision of Church of England envoy, Terry Waite to go to the Lebanon to discuss the release of the American hostages held in Beirut. Includes excerpt from a press conference where Waite lays...
Oliver Tambo speech in London (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by ANC leader, Oliver Tambo, in London following the unveiling of a statue of jailed anti-apartheid campaigner, Nelson Mandela, and at the start of a conference organised by the National...
Bill Tench critical air safety book (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Paul Maurice reports on former senior air crash investigator Bill Tench’s forthcoming book Safety is No Accident, which is critical of both the British Civil Aviation Authority and US National...
Sara Keays book on Parkinson affair (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the publication of A Question of Judgement, by Sara Keays, former mistress and personal secretary to Conservative MP, Cecil Parkinson, whose public statement of her pregnancy and their affair led...
Mayfair prostitute killing (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the shotgun killing of one of two prostitutes who were picked up by a car outside the Grosvenor Hotel in Mayfair and then dumped at Park Lane. Includes interview with Scotland Yard’s Mike Cobb,...
Enoch Powell on inner city racial populations (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the Monday Club speech by former Conservative MP Enoch Powell, in the light of the recent inner city riots. Includes excerpts, with Powell challenging Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and others...
Laser 558 crew questioned by police (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Report on the questioning of the crew of the offshore pirate radio station Laser 558, whose vessel is docked at Harwich following a government surveillance operation. Includes Department of Trade official...
Workers Revolutionary Party scandal and split (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the split in the Workers Revolutionary Party following the expulsion of leader Gerry Healy for alleged sexual abuse against female members, and subsequent press conference held by actors Vanessa...
Anti-apartheid marches and demonstration in London (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Special; Speech
Report on the three marches and demonstration in Trafalgar Square led by the President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement Trevor Huddleston and US black Senator Jesse Jackson, in protest at the British...
Workers Revolutionary Party scandal and split (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Interview with former Chairman of the Workers Revolutionary Party Brian Behan following the expulsion of leader Gerry Healy for sexual abuse against female members, and the resultant split in the party....