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British Rail privatisation proposal (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Eve Conway reports on a speech by Transport Secretary Paul Channon to the Centre for Policy Studies, a Tory think tank, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on options for privatisation of...
National Trust hunting vote (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Michael O’Neill reports on a vote on blood-sports by the National Trust following a heated debate on a motion to ban it on their land put forward by Paul Sheldon of Bournemouth at the annual meeting in...
Trinity College race (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Report on a race for charity around the Great Court at Trinity College, Cambridge, between athletes Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram, recreating the scene in the film, Chariots of Fire. Interviews with Sebastian...
Suzanne Fageol defies Church (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Rodney Bennett reports on the case of an American female priest, Rev Suzanne Fageol, who has vowed to go on celebrating communion in defiance of the wishes of the Church of England. Includes recording of...
Margaret Thatcher speech in Poland (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Murphy reports from Poland on a speech by UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. On the eve of her meeting with Solidarity union leader Lech Walesa, the Prime Minister used a formal dinner to tell her...
Margaret Thatcher in Poland (1988)
- Genre
- News report
Peter Murphy reports from the port of Gdansk, Poland, on the nosiy welcome for UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, from supporters of the banned trade union, Solidarity which she has spoken in support of....
South African Weekly Mail closed for a month (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
In South Africa, the authorities have closed down the influential liberal paper, the Weekly Mail, for a month. The Government’s used its emergency powers to ban the paper, but the move has enraged the...
Patrick Ryan extradition case (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
A Brussels court this morning held an extradition hearing against defrocked Irish priest Patrick Ryan. The UK is seeking his extradition from Belgium amid claims Ryan is a leading member of the IRA, and...
Margaret Thatcher in Poland (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Report by Peter Murphy on a visit by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Poland, where she spent her first day out and about meeting the people. Includes comments by Thatcher at a market stall, and...
York Minster re-dedication service (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Clive Settle (Radio Aire) reports from York Minster on a special service of re-dedication, attended by Queen Elizabeth II, at Britain’s largest gothic church. Follows the destruction of the building by...