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Sting to help American Indians (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Singer and songwriter Sting is campaigning to help save a tribe of South American Indians from losing their rainforest home. The tribe is appealing to Europe for money to make the site into a National Park,...
British food and farming festival (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The first British food and farming festival will be held in Hyde Park in London, and will exhibit the best of British farming, from cattle and livestock, to lumberjacking and sheepdog trials. John...
Margaret Thatcher profile (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report documenting the career as Prime Minister of Margaret Thatcher, and touching on the highs and lows of ten years of Conservative leadership. Includes a consideration of how Thatcher’s voice and manner...
Mutiny on the Bounty re-enactment (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a re-enactment of the Mutiny on the Bounty, to mark its 200th anniversary. Includes an interview with one of Fletcher Christian’s descendants. Male reporter not identified.
Monkseaton shootings (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Vox pop
Colleen(?) Cairns(?) reports on a mass shooting at Monkseaton, near Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, in which one man was killed and fourteen people injured. Speakers: eyewitness Jackie(?) Beattie(?);...
Thatcher and Kohl hold talks on nuclear weapons (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on talks between UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and West German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl on short-range nuclear weapons. Kohl, speaking via a translator, talks about how the...
Heysel Stadium disaster - Looking back (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the Heysel Stadium disaster. Includes Liverpool’s Radio City’s live coverage by Clive Tyldesley; John Davies(?) covers the aftermath. Other speakers: intensive care unit doctor, Luc(?)...
Iran-Contra affair - Oliver North convicted (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Nick Peters reports on the conviction of former US marine, Colonel Oliver North over the Iran-Contra affair (Irangate), and the mania surrounding the scandal. North talks about his fight to clear his name....
Harrow police shooting (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
George Matheson reports on the shooting of three men, in two cases fatally, by police marksmen in Harrow. The men had attempted to rob Rayners Lane post office. Eyewitnesses Sarah Overcott and Paul Jugo...
Pop memorabilia auction (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Michael O’Neill reports on a pop memorabilia auction at Christie’s. Singer, Mary Wilson talks about selling John Lennon’s car, and the price it fetched; Boy George talks about buying some posters and...