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Gibraltar shootings - Reaction (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Ben Brown reports on reaction to the killing of three IRA terrorist suspects in Gibraltar by British security forces (06/03/88). The three were later named as Mairead Farrell, Sean Savage, and Daniel McCann....
Prince Charles in avalanche (1988)
- Genre
- News report
Lisa Hampele reports from Klosters, Switzerland, on an avalanche which nearly led to the death of Prince Charles (Prince of Wales). Witnesses said the heir to the throne ignored signs warning skiers to stay...
Geoffrey Howe on Gibraltar shootings (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Peter Spencer reports from Westminster on a statement by Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe about the killing of three IRA terrorist suspects in Gibraltar by British security forces (06/03/88). The three...
Parade in Gibraltar unaffected by bomb threats (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Ben Brown reports on the unaffected Changing of the Guard ceremony in Gibraltar by the Royal Anglian Regiment that was the supposed target of IRA terrorists. Includes actuality of the parade; interviews with...
Herald of Free Enterprise disaster awards (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an awards ceremony at Buckingham Palace where the Queen presented medals to 28 people who risked (or gave) their lives in trying to rescue others in the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster...
Peter Coleridge released (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Mark Percy reports on the release of freed British Oxfam worker, Peter Coleridge, from captivity in Beirut. In an interview he tells of his kidnap at the hands of Fatah revolutionary gunmen. Also includes...
Man who pushed wife over cliff gaoled for life (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Andy Stenton reports on the life sentence awarded to William Crowe (aka Bill Crowe). He was found guilty of murdering his wife, Mona Crowe, by pushing her off cliffs near Arbroath, Angus in 09/85 so he could...
Gibraltar IRA shootings (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Des Fahy reports on a political row at Westminster over the shooting of three suspected IRA terrorists by the SAS in Gibraltar (06/03/88). Looks at Eric Heffer’s call for a Commons motion on the affair....
Andy Gibb death (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Cookson reports on the death of singer, Andy Gibb, the younger brother of the Bee Gees: Robin, Maurice, and Barry Gibb. Includes interview with Robin Gibb who denies that his death was due to cocaine...
Attack on IRA funeral (1988)
- Genre
- News report
Michael O’Neill reports from Milltown Cemetary in Belfast on a gun and grenade attack at the funeral of the three alleged IRA terrorists shot dead in Gibraltar by the SAS (06/03/88). Three people were...