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Second 24 hour rail strike (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
John Alcock reports on how the nation fared in the second Wednesday 24 hour rail and Underground strike today over pay and bargaining conditions. Includes vox pop with Liverpool commuters; view of a...
School coach crash in Sussex (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Survivors of a school coach crash which killed ten people near Fishbourne in Sussex are returning to their families in Fleet, Hampshire tonight. Patrick Muirhead reports; Inspector Peter Wadeson describes...
Prime minister’s question time tackles BR and Europe (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Des Fahy reports on Prime Ministers’s Question Time, in which Margaret Thatcher criticises the national rail strikes and confronts the issue of privatisation of British Rail; and also speaks on UK...
Labour changes defence policy (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Simon Israel reports from the Labour Party conference in Brighton on a speech by leader Neil Kinnock on the new defence policy not to call for unilateral nuclear disarmament only days after the TGWU had...
Briton wanted for space travel (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
The search has begun for the first British man or woman in space. Britain has booked a seat on a privately funded Soviet mission in two years’ time. Adverts will shortly be appearing. John Alcock reports....
Satanic Verses reading (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
The first public reading in Britain of Salman Rushdie’s controversial book, The Satanic Verses, has gone ahead without trouble. Rushdie is still in hiding due to the death threat (fatwa) issued by an...
Londons oldest lady celebrates (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Julie Benson reports from the 106th birthday party of Elizabeth Shreeve in Islington, London’s oldest resident. She says she only wants one present for her birthday today, a toy boy. Singing of Happy...
John Moore criticised in Merseyside (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Liam O’Donoghue reports on a visit by Social Security Secretary John Moore to Merseyside today to unveil a new computer system in an office in Crosby. He was surrounded by demonstrators angry at his...
Killer car driver walks free (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the failed private prosecution of Peter Sumner for death by reckless driving in Hampshire. Patricia Bowen-Guwy, the widow of victim David Bowen-Guwy, says she is bitter that her 2-year battle for...
Ships crew survive by clinging to bathtub (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Dave Easton reports on a ship supporting a charity stunt in the Irish Sea sinking and several passengers surviving by clinging to the bathtub which was part of the stunt. Includes interview with Willy...