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Red Adair on the Piper Alpha tragedy (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Andy Stenton reports on the aftermath of the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster. American troubleshooter, Red Adair, who was brought in to work on the unstable structure talks to press about the scale of the...
Clergy call for end to Gulf hostilities (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
James Bays reports from Canterbury on an emergency motion passed at the Lambeth Conference calling for an end to hostilities between Iraq and Iran. Includes speech by Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie...
IRA bomb Inglis army barracks (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
John Alcock reports from the Inglis army barracks, London, where a bomb was detonated last night, killing one man. The bomb is believed to be an IRA device. Locals Gerry(?) Garfield, Christopher Lawson and...
Margaret Thatcher talks to Australian children on school radio (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Phone-in
Margaret Thatcher is on a visit to Australia. Here she takes questions at Alice Springs over the School of the Air Radio from Australian children (children not heard), which include an enquiry about pets,...
Winnie Mandela’s home burnt down (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The home of black South African leader Winnie Mandela has been burnt down by a mob of black youths, she wasn’t at home. It appears the arson was the result of a feud between rival gangs of teenagers....
Howard Marks held on drug smuggling charges in Majorca (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Michael O’Neill reports from Majorca on Howard Marks, an ex- drug smuggler, being held by the authorities prior to extradition to the USA after a series of raids across the world on Monday to break a...
Tape smuggled out of Glenochil prison (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Ronan Carroll reports on a secret tape recording made by an inmate at the Glenochil Prison in Scotland which was leaked to IRN. Convicted robber Tommy Moffitt is heard on the tape saying prison officers are...
Thatcher berated in Melbourne (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Peter Russell reports on a walkabout by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Melbourne while on a visit to Australia that is interrupted by hostile demonstrators shouting Thatcher Out and IRA slogans....
Fergie gives birth (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
George Matheson reports on the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson giving birth to her first child, a girl, at the exclusive Portland Hospital with Prince Andrew, Duke of York and her mother by her side....
Romance of Prince Andrew and Fergie (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Steve Kyte looks back at the Royal romance of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, Duke and Duchess of York, as their first child has just been born. Includes archive clip of the wedding; speech by Prince...