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Kings Cross fire test (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report from the scene on a fire test on an escalator at Kings Cross underground station to ascertain safety of the station following the 1987 fire which killed 31. Keith Moody, in charge of the technical...
Auberon Waugh claims semtex benign invention (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on remarks in his right wing magazine column by journalist and author Auberon Waugh, saying Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher should retire and that semtex is a benign invention. Follows bombing of the...
Olympic torch arrives in Seoul (1988)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the carrying of the Olympic torch to city hall in North Korea. An unidentified male reporter describes the scenes as the torch is carried through the city of Seoul, the host city for the summer...
Hurricane Gilbert - Mexico and Texas evacuate (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
A state of alert has been declared in Mexico as Hurricane Gilbert approaches. In Texas, the National Guard has been placed on stand-by and those living in low-lying homes evacuated â includes vox pop...
Gibraltar shootings - Inquest (1988)
- Genre
- News report
Kevin Murphy reports from Gibraltar on the inquest into the killing of three IRA terrorists - Daniel McCann, Sean Savage and Mairead Farrell - who were shot dead by MI5 agents who believed they were about to...
1988 Olympic Games opening ceremony (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Commentary and comment from the 1988 Olympic Games opening ceremony and lighting of the Olympic Flame in Seoul, South Korea. The Great Britain team is watched by John Anderson of IRN Sport - the athletics...
SDP Conference - David Owen on coalition (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Following the creation of the Social and Liberal Democrats (SLDP), the leader of the re-formed Social Democratic Party (SDP), Dr David Owen, makes a rallying address to his party at their conference in...
Sue Pollard interview (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Hi-De-Hi comedian and actress Su Pollard speaks to Steve Allen about her career and her new show, A Song a Frock and a Tinkle (at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London). She mentions Quentin Crisp, Dame...
Gibraltar shootings - Inquest (1988)
- Genre
- News report
In Gibraltar, Policemen P and Q have described how three IRA terrorists - Daniel McCann, Sean Savage and Mairead Farrell â were shot dead by SAS Soldiers A and B. Lawyer Michael Hucker(?) portrayed the...
Margaret Thatcher makes anti-super-state speech (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
In a speech given at the College of Europe on her visit to Bruges, British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher has shocked Britain’s European partners with her patriotic stance on Europe, claiming that it...