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224 results found for all records.
Terry Waite obituary (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
Obituary of Christian envoy, Terry Waite, held hostage in the Lebanon, to be aired if he was found dead. Waite’s background, his career and the acts he has performed in his duties as an envoy; his skills...
Terry Waite profile inserts (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
Series of inserts for Christian envoy Terry Waite’s obituary/profile depending whether he was found dead or alive following being taken hostage in Beirut, the Lebanon. On his mission, life and skills....
Rudolf Hess death (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Obituary
Dave Loyn reports on the death of former leading Nazi Rudolf Hess, and gives a summary of his mission to Britain. Includes part of an interview with his son, Wolf Rudiger Hess.
Rudolf Hess death - Clive Freeman’s view (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Obituary
Berlin correspondent Clive Freeman sums up the situation immediately after the death of former leading Nazi Rudolf Hess. Male studio reporter not identified.
Rudolf Hess obituary (1987)
- Genre
- Feature; Obituary
Dave Loyn presents a feature on the death of Rudolf Hess. Includes Hess’s sentencing at the Nuremberg Trials; Wolf Rudiger Hess’s account of his father’s flight to Britain; Lord Douglas-Hamilton...
Trevor Howard dies (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
Obituary for Trevor Howard, British screen and stage actor, featuring excerpts from some of his most famous films - The Third Man, Mutiny on the Bounty, Ryan’s Daughter and Gandhi. Includes tributes from...
Percy Thrower obituary (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
Obituary by Rodney Bennett of the gardening broadcaster Percy Thrower, for more than forty years the leading face and voice of British gardening on television and radio, including on LBC’s AM programme...
Death of Alan Paton (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Obituary
South African writer Alan Paton died this morning at the age of eighty-five of cancer at his home near Durban. He was best known as the author of Cry, the Beloved Country, first published forty years...
Death of Kenneth Williams (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; Obituary; Tribute
The actor and comedian Kenneth Williams has died today at the age of 62. He will be best remembered for his starring roles in nearly thirty Carry On films. But Williams’s uniquely adaptable voice also...
Death of John Stonehouse (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Obituary
Former Labour minister John Stonehouse has died of a suspected heart attack. Stonehouse, who had been Postmaster General in the Wilson government before his dramatic disappearance from a Florida beach,...