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World War II anniversary (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Special; Speech; Vox pop
Oni Bhattacharya reports on the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War. Includes archive recordings of Neville Chamberlain; Adolf Hitler; Lionel Marson; S. J. de Lotbiniere; Ed Murrow;...
Notting Hill Carnival passes off peacefully (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
James Matthews reports on the Notting Hill Carnival in west London. The police are pleased that the carnival has passed peacefully with a dramatic drop in the number of reported crimes. Includes vox pop with...
Autistic son given overdose (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Angus Moorat reports from Reading Crown Court where a housewife from Berkshire has been describing how she tried to kill her autistic son. Judith Jones went through a catalogue of personal tragedy last...
Three sisters die in vicarage blaze (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Sally Johnson reports on an inquest that has heard how three sisters who died in a burning vicarage at Chilmark, Wiltshire, could have been saved by smoke detectors. Verdicts of accidental death were...
Jim Bakker trial (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech
Nick Peters reports from the United States on the trial of disgraced television evangelist, Jim Bakker, who has been accused of swindling his congregation out of millions of dollars to fund a lavish...
Vandal attack on train (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Oni Bhattacharya reports on an investigation by British transport police into how a train driver was almost blinded when a object hurled through his cab window sent shattered glass into his eyes. This was...
Violence at Notting Hill Carnival (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Oni Bhattacharya reports on violence at the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s largest street celebration, where police in riot gear and on horseback attempted to clear the streets of west London. Police say...
Colombian drug war (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Nick Peters reports from Washington DC about death threats against Monica de Greiff, Colombia’s Justice Minister, and US extradition proceedings against Colombian drug baron, Eduardo Martinez Romero. In...
Police hunt for Brian Newcombe (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Matthews reports on a hunt by murder squad detectives for the fugitive Brian Newcombe (alias David Kerr). Newcombe, of Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, is wanted in connection with the murders of...
US tennis open-Chris Evert retires (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Paul Woodley reports from the US Open Tennis tournament at Flushing Meadow in New York where American female tennis player, Chris Evert, is due to play her last grand slam event. Also comments on the...