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Funeral service for PC Keith Blakelock (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the funeral service in Muswell Hill for PC Keith Blakelock who was killed in the Broadwater Farm estate riots. With excerpts of sermon by Bishop of Edmonton, Brian Masters.The Bishop held a similar...
Actuality of end of Errol Walker siege (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Special
Actuality of Rob Goldstone’s commentary as the police storm the flat in Northolt, West London in which Errol Walker was hiding, holding a girl hostage for 29 hours. The child, Carlene Charles, is brought out.
Errol Walker siege (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Rob Goldstone reports on reaction to the end of the Errol Walker siege, at Pointer Court, Gallery Gardens estate, Northholt, London, which has ended with police storming the flat after 29 hours and rescuing...
Aristos Constantinou murder (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the murder of Aristos Constantinou, London fashion tycoon, shot in a hail of bullets in the first hours of 1985, after returning to Bishops Avenue, Hampstead with his wife Elena, police have been...
Cherry Groce shot by police (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report and interviews with Dorothy Groce, known as Cherry Groce, and her brother Tony Young, on her condition and how she feels after being shot by police when they were looking for her son Michael (the shot...
Floyd Jarrett case dismissed (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the case against Floyd Jarrett of assaulting police officer Christopher Casey, who had originally stopped him over a car tax disc, being dismissed by Highbury Corner Magistrates court, with costs...
Margaret Thatcher on television and the economy (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the Savoy Hotel to the British Radio and Electronic Equipment Manufacturers Association, on a wide range of subjects, including ruling out a cut in...
Ronald Reagan denounces Soviet actions in Afghanistan (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on US President, Ronald Reagan’s speech on Soviet action in Afghanistan. Includes excerpt from his speech. Male reporter not identified.
Nelson Mandela’s wife arrested for flouting banning order (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Special; Interview
Report on the arrest of ANC leader Nelson Mandela’s wife Winnie Mandela for the continual flouting of her ban on returning to Johannesburg and Soweto. Includes correspondent reporting from the scene,...
Heysel disaster - Commons debate (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Peter Murphy reports on a Parliamentary debate following the Heysel Stadium tragedy in Belgium after violence involving Liverpool Football Club and Juventus Football Club fans led to the collapse of part of...