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Perspective (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Perspective. Regular programme on matters of international concern produced by United Nations Radio staff, on the new 39th General Assembly of the United Nations. Amongst topics discussed are peace, nuclear...
IRA Brighton bombing - Lords reaction (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the House of Lords reaction to the IRA bomb attacks at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton. Includes speeches from Lord Cledwyn (Cledwyn Hughes); Baroness (Beatrice) Seear; and Viscount...
IRA Brighton bombing - Prayers for victims (1984)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech from a religious service remembering those killed and wounded in the IRA Brighton bombing during the Conservative Party conference. Male speaker not identified.
Funeral of Alan Lake (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Speech
Report on the funeral of Alan Lake, the husband of the late actress Diana Dors. He committed suicide after never recovering from her death. Includes an excerpt from the service, with singing and sermon by...
David Jenkins sermon on miners strike (1984)
- Genre
- Speech
The Bishop of Durham, David Jenkins, makes his inaugural sermon about possible solutions to the miners’ strike, suggesting National Coal Board Chairman Ian MacGregor should step down.
Lord Alfred Denning on trade unions (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech made by Lord Denning (Alfred Denning known as Tom), at Lincoln’s Inn, where he warns trade unions they must keep within the law (as miners’ strike continues). Lord Denning discusses...
Clive Ponting trial (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on the magistrates’ court decision to put forward to trial under the Official Secrets Act Clive Ponting, the civil servant who sent two documents to Labour MP Tam Dalyell about the controversial...
Robert Runcie sermon (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a sermon by Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, at St Paul’s Cathedral (with excerpts) in which he talks about the Salvation Army, social change, and the IRA Brighton bombing of the...
Conservative conference - Thatcher speech after bombing (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Speech from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton after a terrorist bomb attack on the Grand Hotel earlier that morning in which conference delegates and cabinet...
Miners strike - Tony Benn offers support (1984)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Labour politician Tony Benn at a Militant Tendency conference in Wembley, in which he voices his support for the striking miners and their families.