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Kuwaiti hijacking-reports from Algiers and Kuwait (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Cookson reports from Algiers, on the continuing hijack of a Kuwait Airlines Boeing 747 which began on 05/04/88. Comments on the evidence of freed passenger, Abdullah al-Chatti, about the mistreatment of...
Kuwaiti hijacking ends-pilot’s family interviewed (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Michael O’Neill reports from Kuwait, on the reaction to the end of the hijacking in Algiers, Algeria, of a Kuwait Airlines Boeing 747 which began on 05/04/88. All the hostages, including the crew, were...
Norman Tebbit on South African hypocrisy (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Former Conservative Party Chairman Norman Tebbit has been criticised after giving a speech at a South Africa Club dinner at the Savoy last night, in which he spoke of the hypocrisy of opponents of...
Kuwait Airways hostages return home (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
After their 16-day ordeal at the hands of terrorist hijackers, the 29 freed hostages returned to Kuwait last night amid noisy scenes and joyful reunions. Reporter Michael O’Neill was at Kuwait Airport...
Nicholas Ridley accused of obscene gesture in Commons (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
29 MPs have accused Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley of making a V-sign in the House of Commons, and inciting sexist abuse of Labour’s Women’s Affairs spokeswoman, Jo Richardson during a debate on...
Funeral of murder victim Deborah Linsley (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Mourners have been gathering for the funeral of Deborah Linsley, the young woman who was murdered four weeks ago on board a commuter train in Kent. Nici Marx reports. Includes interview with the Reverend...
Police fear for missing mother (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Police in London fear for the safety of young mother 23 year-old Sandra Midlane who hasn’t been seen since last Saturday, when she stormed out of her estranged husband’s flat in Fulham. Tomorrow,...
Professor defends authenticity of Shakespeare poem (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Poetry
The Oxford don who claims to have discovered an unpublished Shakespeare poem is angrily dismissing suggestions that he has mounted a publicity stunt. He insists that the verse is the work of the Bard,...
Margaret Thatcher on the spirit of giving (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Margaret Thatcher believes that every citizen should demonstrate generosity by contributing towards charitable causes, e.g. the new heart wing at Great Ormond Street Hospital for children, in London. Her...
Michael Douglas on Wall Street (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Actor Michael Douglas is in London for the British premiere of Wall Street, in which he plays the character of Gordon Gekko. Carol Allen met Douglas just before he set off for the charity premiere. Legacy...