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Shirley Williams on Liberal-SDP merger (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on views of Party President, Shirley Williams, on the possible decision of the SDP to merge with the Liberal Party, and of David Owen to resign as leader of the SDP over proposed merger; includes...
SDP Conference-merger with Liberals debated (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on the SDP Conference, 1987; on debate over decision to merge with the Liberal Party which ended with a vote overwhelmingly in favour; speeches/interviews by/with Rosie Barnes; Ian Wrigglesworth; Roy...
Rudolf Hess death (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Obituary
Dave Loyn reports on the death of former leading Nazi Rudolf Hess, and gives a summary of his mission to Britain. Includes part of an interview with his son, Wolf Rudiger Hess.
Rudolf Hess death - Clive Freeman’s view (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Obituary
Berlin correspondent Clive Freeman sums up the situation immediately after the death of former leading Nazi Rudolf Hess. Male studio reporter not identified.
Rudolf Hess’s body brought out of Spandau (1987)
- Genre
- News report
Linda Duffin reports from Germany on the removal of former leading Nazi Rudolf Hess’s body from Spandau Prison in Wast Germany to a local RAF base. Spandau Prison will be demolished. Female studio reporter...
Rudolf Hess’s burial-place (1987)
- Genre
- News report
Linda Duffin reports on the Bavarian town of Wunsiedel, where Rudolf Hess was to have been buried, and the clashes that have occurred at the cemetery.
Secret burial of Rudolf Hess (1987)
- Genre
- News report
At Wunsiedel, Bavaria, everyone expected Rudolf Hess to be buried in the family plot, but his family have buried him elsewhere to prevent the burial site becoming a Neo-Nazi shrine. Linda Duffin reports from...
Colonel Rabuka on Fijian sovereignty and Commonwealth membership (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Colonel Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka on Fiji’s second coup in nineteen weeks. He claims to want to ensure the birthright of the Fijian people, denies being racist with regard to the native Indians and...
Hayward drugs trial in Sweden (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a Swedish court case in which Captain Simon Hayward is charged with drug smuggling. Includes a statement from his mother, Hazel Hayward, and a recorded telephone statement from his brother,...
Iranian attack on British tanker (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
On the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War, Paul Maurice reports on location from the Gulf on the continually volatile situation following yesterday’s attack on a British tanker by...