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Meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Dave Loyn reports on the summit between US President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev as preliminary talks begin in Reykjavik. Loyn discusses the isolated location,...
USA-USSR summit - Day 2 (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Dave Loyn reports on the summit between US President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev as the second day draws to a close. The Soviet delegation has been unable to...
USA-USSR summit ends in failure (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Dave Loyn reports on talks between US President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev following the failed end to the mini-summit. Includes speech by Gorbachev via an...
Reagan’s reasons for walking away from arms control deal (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on the failure of the Icelandic talks between US President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. Includes speech by Reagan on how he will not...
Iceland summit ends in failure (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Dave Loyn reports on the mini-summit held by US President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, after the event. Includes speech by Gorbachev via an interpreter. Also a...
Failure of disarmament talks (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Dave Loyn reports from Reykjavik, summarising the disarmament summit and its failure. Includes speech by US President Ronald Reagan, who says that he will not submit to the delay of SDI deployment, and...
Mexico: alive and kicking (1986)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; News report; Vox pop
Documentary following a major earthquake in Mexico City, preceding the hosting of the 1986 Football World Cup. With high inflation, and 65% unemployment, Mexico needs the revenue the World Cup tourist trade...
Kidnapped Arab businessman escapes (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Following the abduction and subsequent escape of Arab businessman Muhammed Sadiq al-Tajir in London, police are hunting the go-between, known as Mr X, who collected a ransom in Geneva. 80 year-old Iris...
Rough Justice journalists suspended (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the case of Martin Young and Peter Hill, two journalists suspended from the BBC for their part in intimidating a witness into retracting earlier allegations of assault and robbery that she had made...
Really Useful Group floated on stock market (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the launch of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group on the stock market. Schroders’s Nigel Saxby-Soffe explains why the bank picked the kind of launch it did; lyricist Tim Rice speaks about...