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Patty Hearst at Cannes Film Festival (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Carol Allen reports from the Cannes Film Festival in the south of France, where Patty Hearst has appeared at a news conference to publicise a film about her kidnapping in 1974. On 04/02/74 the nineteen...
Archbishop Runcie book launch (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Margaret Shiels reports on the publication of a book by Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, entitled Authority in Crisis?. Includes excerpt from speech at the publicity launch. The book aims to...
Proposals for nurse training (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Mark Sandell reports on Social Services Secretary John Moore’s address to the RCN congress in Brighton on proposals for changes in nurse training to increase the number of nurses in the NHS. Includes press...
Andrei Sakharov calls for further reform in USSR (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
John Alcock reports on a news conference held by Andrei Sakharov (with excerpts), a leading Soviet dissident who was released from internal exile 2 years ago. He backed Mikhail Gorbachev’s perestroika...
Mike Gatting sacking (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference featuring male spokesman (not identified - prob. Alan Smith) for the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) regarding the sacking of England cricket captain, Mike Gatting, following newspaper...
Cricketing sex romps (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Michael O’Neill reports on an investigation by the English Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) into newspaper allegations of sex romps by four England cricketers (Paul Downton, Alan Lamb, Phillip...
Douglas Hurd plans to stop hooligans (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference
Three linked clips of UK Home Secretary Douglas Hurd as he announces to press a five point plan to tackle football hooliganism following the appalling behaviour of English fans in Europe. Includes new powers...
Bobby Robson on need to improve England’s perfomance (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
England football manager, Bobby Robson, gives a press conference, following the team’s return home from the European Championships in West Germany after a poor performance. Reporter (not heard) is possibly...
EETPU threat (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report by Rodney Bennett on decision by the TUC to demand the electricians union (EETPU) end some of it’s no-strike deals within two weeks or be suspended from congress. Interview with EETPU General...
Police leader of Moors murders hunt retires (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Detective Chief Superintendent Peter Topping, who led the hunt for the victims of the Moors murders by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, retires from the police force. David Stead reports with press conference...