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Elton John auctions memorabilia (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Elton John is selling off his pop memorabilia and modern art at Sotheby’s in London; he says his collection has just got too big for his Windsor mansion. Sotheby’s auctioneer Hilary Kay, a big Elton John...
Gibraltar IRA inquest begins (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
The inquest into the deaths of three IRA terrorists shot by SAS officers, Sean Savage, Daniel McCann and Mairead Farrell, begins in Gibraltar today amidst tight security. Coroner Felix Pizzarello will have...
Ray Suttner freed from Johannesburg jail (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
White political prisoner Raymond Suttner along with his pet lovebird has been released after over 2 years in a Johannesburg jail, the majority spent in solitary confinement. He was arrested after the South...
Elton John auction (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Special; Vox pop
As Elton John’s sale of pop memorabilia and modern art kicks off at Sotheby’s today he says it just had to go. Report includes vox pop with fans hoping to secure a piece of pop history as well as...
POW magazine handed over to museum (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Former prisoners of war held in Java by the Japanese have met at the Imperial War Museum to hand over copies of their camp magazine Mark Time. Includes interviews with Sir Laurens van der Post whose life in...
Gibraltar IRA inquest begins (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Music
The inquest into the deaths of 3 IRA terrorists Sean Savage, Daniel McCann and Mairead Farrell, shot dead by SAS soldiers, has begun in Gibraltar today. Kevin Murphy reports on the news the SAS soldiers will...
Kinnock speech to TUC conference (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
John Alcock reports on Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock’s speech at the TUC conference in Bournemouth (excerpts heard) which attacked Chancellor Nigel Lawson for record trade deficits and raised interest...
British squad flies out for Korea olympics preparations (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Linda Duffin reports from Heathrow Airport as the British Olympic squad flies out to Seoul, South Korea today with Chairman of the British Olympic Association, Charles Palmer and Princess Anne’s husband,...
TUC reject employment training scheme (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The TUC has voted at its Bournemouth conference against backing the government’s employment training scheme and will pull out after 2 years despite a plea from Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock to become...
Deborah Ann Squires’ sister on hunger strike (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Brenda Marshall reports on a hunger strike by Angie Edwards outside the Spanish Embassy in Belgrave Square, London. She is protesting that her sister, Deborah Ann Squires, has been held in a Spanish jail for...