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Challenger astronauts’ memorial service (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
US President Ronald Reagan gives a eulogy at a memorial service (held in the grounds of the Johnson Space Center in Houston) for the seven astronauts killed in the Challenger space shuttle disaster...
Challenger space shuttle disaster - Investigations (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on the Challenger space shuttle disaster (28/01/86), which killed all on board. Includes official announcement of crew deaths by Jesse Moore, deputy director of NASA, and his...
Political reform in South Africa (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report produced by the Audio News Service of Johannesburg, South Africa, on President P.W. Botha’s speech outlining planned political reform at the opening of Parliament, and reaction to it. Botha...
Westland affair - Conservative reaction to debate (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Conservative MPs’ reaction to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s performance during a three-hour debate about the Westland Helicopters controversy. Includes interviews with Norman St...
Westland affair - Three-hour debate (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on a three-hour debate on the Westland Helicopters controversy over a leaked letter to Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine that led to his resignation. House of Commons speeches - with heckling in the...
Westland affair - Leon Brittan’s political career (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on Leon Brittan’s political career, following his resignation as Trade and Industry Secretary over the Westland Helicopters leaked letter controversy. Includes House of Commons speeches by Leon...
Westland affair - Committee stalls (1986)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the Select Committee on Defence inquiry into the Westland Helicopters affair and the Committee’s being refused access to three senior key officials. Includes Winston Churchill MP and Labour MP...
Westland affair - Bribery allegations (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Alan Bristow, Westland shareholder and takeover bidder, has claimed he was offered a knighthood if he would drop his opposition to the Sikorsky-Fiat bid for Westland Helicopters. Includes excerpt of...
Westland affair - Bid accepted (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report back to the studio on a Westland Helicopters shareholders’ meeting going ahead despite the revelation of the existence of six mystery shareholders, and on the agreement that the American...
Westland Helicopters - Bribery allegations denied (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the denial by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that she authorised an attempt by two peers to bribe Alan Bristow, Westland shareholder and takeover bidder, with a knighthood to get him to drop...