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  • Margaret Thatcher on economic growth (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on the Mayor’s Banquet attended by Margaret Tebbit, the wife of Norman Tebbit, who was seriously injured by a terrorist bomb during the 1984 Conservative Party Conference. Prime Minister Margaret...

  • Norman Tebbit on a permissive society (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Conservative Party Chairman Norman Tebbit on the problems created by a permissive society. Speaking at the Constitution Club in London, he claims that the 1990s will bring a backlash and a return to...

  • Gow on Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Conservative MP Ian Gow discusses Northern Ireland and the gaffe made by Northern Ireland Secretary Tom King (who declared that the Irish Prime Minister knew the Anglo-Irish Agreement would never create...

  • Funeral service for PC Keith Blakelock (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on the funeral service in Muswell Hill for PC Keith Blakelock who was killed in the Broadwater Farm estate riots. With excerpts of sermon by Bishop of Edmonton, Brian Masters.The Bishop held a similar...

  • Margaret Thatcher on television and the economy (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on the speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the Savoy Hotel to the British Radio and Electronic Equipment Manufacturers Association, on a wide range of subjects, including ruling out a cut in...

  • Ronald Reagan denounces Soviet actions in Afghanistan (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on US President, Ronald Reagan’s speech on Soviet action in Afghanistan. Includes excerpt from his speech. Male reporter not identified.

  • Decision makers (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; Music; Parliamentary debate; Press conference; Speech

    Decision Makers. The Anglo-Irish Agreement. Part 1, presented by Peter Spencer, following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Includes (pre-recorded) folk music; speeches by UK Prime Minister Margaret...

  • Decision makers (1985)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Decision Makers. Programme on the privatisation of British Gas. Part 1, presented by Richard Dallyn. Includes speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons, and retort by Labour leader...

  • Heysel disaster - Commons debate (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Peter Murphy reports on a Parliamentary debate following the Heysel Stadium tragedy in Belgium after violence involving Liverpool Football Club and Juventus Football Club fans led to the collapse of part of...

  • Sony Radio Awards (1985)

    Genre
    Advertisement; News report; Special; Speech

    Coverage of the Sony Radio Awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel, hosted by Noel Edmonds. Includes actuality of award presenters Anneka Rice, David Jensen, Paul King, Sarah Kennedy and Carol Barnes....