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Mike Yarwood collapses with exhaustion (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Andrew Bomford reports on the condition of comedian Mike Yarwood, who fell ill just before he was due to go on stage at Manchester’s Palace Theatre. Includes press interview with Mike Yarwood on his...
State Opening of Parliament (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on the State Opening of Parliament (22/11/88). Includes speech by Queen Elizabeth II. Reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).
Patrick Ryan allowed back to Ireland by Belgium (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Margaret Thatcher has criticised Wilfried Martens, Prime Minister of Belgium, over the Patrick Ryan affair. Belgium are unhappy with Britain’s response to their decision not to extradite Patrick Ryan, an...
Sunderland shipyards face closure (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech
James Mathews reports from Sunderland on the government’s decision announced by Industry Minister Tony Newton in the Commons today to close shipyards on Wearside bringing an end to the industry in the...
London fire fighters to help after Armenian earthquake (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
John Alcock reports on a team of London fire fighters who are to travel to Armenia in the USSR to help rescue survivors of a recent earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale. The unit are to take special...
Young boy dies inhaling butane (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
John Alcock reports on the death of a young boy, Robert Corcoran, after inhaling butane gas. His grieving mother, Carmella blames the shopkeeper who sold her 12 year-old son the gas, whilst Chief...
Police raid acid house club (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
2 linked clips on the undercover operation by police to crackdown on acid house parties at a makeshift club in central London where drugs and firearms were found.1. Report by John Alcock with actuality as...
Tourist murdered on Underground (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Detectives are hunting two brutal killers who stabbed a youth to death on the London Underground at Holborn. The victim, a teenage tourist, had a knife plunged through his heart when he refused to hand...
Elton John wins libel case (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Tim Crook reports that The Sun newspaper has apologised and agreed to pay damages of one million pounds to pop star Elton John in a settlement for a libel about his private life. Elton John and his...
Father Ryan extradition debate (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
The news of the refusal by the Irish Attorney General to extradite IRA suspect Father Patrick Ryan from Ireland to the UK because of fears he wouldn’t get a fair trial wasn’t greeted with much...