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Conflict over sacked miners (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Speech; News report; Vox pop
Report on the Coal Board sacking some striking miners for various reasons from violence to abusing working miners and on the fight to get their jobs back. Includes views from sacked miners; NUM leader Arthur...
Look back at VE Day celebrations (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Dickie Arbiter looks back, on the 40th anniversary, at the VE Day celebrations at home and in Germany 40 years ago. Includes archive material - speech by then Prime Minister Winston Churchill; report from...
VE day 40th anniversary - Westminster Abbey service (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the national commemoration service for the 40th anniversary of VE day, in Westminster Abbey. Includes part of sermon from the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie. Male reporter not identified...
VE day 40th anniversary - Queen’s recollections (1985)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by the Queen on her memories of VE day, on the 40th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe.
VE day 40th anniversary - celebrations in UK (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the celebrations taking place to mark the 40th anniversary of VE day. Includes the Queen’s speech on her memories; sermon from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie at a service at...
London airport development decisions (1985)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Peter Murphy? reports on the Parliamentary debate over the development of London’s airports with Stansted Airport to be expanded and a fifth terminal at Heathrow Airport postponed. Includes speeches from...
Memorial to Falklands dead (1985)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Report on a memorial service at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, for those who died in the Falklands War, and on the unveiling of a war memorial. Includes excerpt of sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury,...
Greenwich vote to set rates (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the Greenwich Council committee meeting and vote over whether to set a rate (local tax level) following Government rate-capping legislation with some Labour councillors voting with Conservative...
Margaret Thatcher opens police station (1985)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the opening of the new Cannon Road police station.
Independent television: The first 30 years (1985)
- Genre
- Special; Speech; Vox pop
Alastair Burnet presents Independent Television: The First 30 Years, including highlights from the IBA/Robert Fraser lecture by politician Viscount Willie Whitelaw on independent broadcasting and the future...