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Agatha Christie on tenth anniversary of The Mousetrap (1989)
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- Speech
Crime writer Agatha Christie speaking at the Savoy Hotel in 1962, aged 72, on the occasion of the tenth year of her stage play, The Mousetrap.
Identity cards for football fans (1989)
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- News report; Interview; Speech
Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley voices the Government’s determination to stamp out hooliganism associated with football. In future anyone wishing to watch a football match, unless they are...
Margaret Thatcher on cleaning up Britain’s streets (1989)
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In her strongest green speech yet, the Prime Minister is warning that she will bring in tough new laws if Britain’s cities are not cleaned up. She was speaking at the launch of a report by the Royal...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1989)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Paul Woodley reports from New York (for AM) on the honouring of a number of stars who have been inducted into America’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Included are The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, Stevie...
Taped statement of Viraj Mendis (1989)
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Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker) Viraj Mendis, who has been living illegally in the UK, claims that he will be killed if he sets foot in his homeland. Before he left Pentonville Prison for Gatwick Airport...
Robert Runcie leads congregation in remembrance of Terry Waite (1989)
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- News report; Speech
Tonight Terry Waite faces up to his third year in captivity, as a hostage in Beirut. Today services were held around the country to mark the sad anniversary. In London, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr...
John Smith on state of the economy (1989)
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- Speech
Shadow Chancellor John Smith’s first major Commons speech following a 4 month break due to a heart attack. Attacks Chancellor Nigel Lawson’s policy of high interest rates to bring down inflation which he...
Viraj Mendis deported (1989)
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- News report; Interview; Speech
Neil McCafferty reports on a tape brought back by Father Henry West from Columbo, Sri Lanka in which Viraj Mendis, deported for living illegally in the UK for 15 years, says his life is now in danger. Father...
Bush promises no new taxes (1989)
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George H. W. Bush during the 1988 Presidential election campaign, exclaims: Read My Lips, No New Taxes, his audience applauds.
Arthur Scargill says Thatcher gagged scientists (1989)
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- Speech
NUM President Arthur Scargill speech at his two day future for coal conference in Sheffield in which he accuses the Government of gagging a number of leading scientists to prevent them from...