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Piper Alpha disaster - Previous sabotage attempt (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
After the Piper Alpha disaster, owners Occidental say they did not inform the Department of Energy inspectorate of a sabotage attempt on the platform until ten months after it happened. They say they did...
Piper Alpha disaster - Public inquiry (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Survivors of the Piper Alpha disaster discuss the attempted sabotage of the rig and express their disbelief. John Wood, who worked on Piper Alpha, says it was terrifying. Bob Ballantyne, who survived the...
Piper Alpha disaster - Public inquiry (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
A survivor of the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster, John Wood describes the inferno which nearly took his life. Alex Blake Milton reveals that the platform was nearly destroyed by a saboteur a year before the...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Paul Woodley reports from New York (for AM) on the honouring of a number of stars who have been inducted into America’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Included are The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, Stevie...
Turk claims kidney removed without knowledge (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Unemployed Turk, Ahmet Koc claims he had no idea he was going to have a kidney removed at London’s Humana Wellington hospital even though he signed a consent form. Hospital director Ron Hytoff says Koc...
Peter Bottomley on new Hammersmith road proposals (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on the Government’s promise that if residents in West London reject plans for a North-South relief road, it will not be built. Roads minister Peter Bottomley this morning unveiled the detailed...
Mark Brown on the plight of Viraj Mendis (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Music
The argument against deportation put forward by Viraj Mendis, a Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) living illegally in the UK, is based on the recent rise of a Sinhalese terror group, the Janatha Vimukthi...
Margaret Thatcher praises AA workers (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Prime Minsiter Margaret Thatcher has visited the headquarters of the Automobile Association (AA) in Basingstoke to meet with staff who helped in the rescue work at the Clapham, Lockerbie and M1...
Robert Runcie leads congregation in remembrance of Terry Waite (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Tonight Terry Waite faces up to his third year in captivity, as a hostage in Beirut. Today services were held around the country to mark the sad anniversary. In London, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr...
Celebrating the 90th birthday of Lord Denning (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Lord Denning (Tom Denning), Britain’s most famous and longest-serving judge, is 90 years old today. The former Master of the Rolls will tonight host a lavish birthday banquet in London. AM’s Mark Percy...