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Prince Edward opens 14th Commonwealth games (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
George Matheson reports from the Mount Smart stadium, Auckland, New Zealand after Prince Edward officially opened the Commonwealth games amid fears of protests. Includes speech by Prince Edward opening the...
Coleridge biography wins Whitbread Book of the Year (1990)
- Genre
- Biography; Interview; News report; Speech
Camilla Affleck reports on Richard Holmes’s biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Coleridge: Early Visions - winning the Whitbread Book of the Year award. Includes Holmes reading from his book and talking...
Thatcher speech interrupted by ambulance protests (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
David Nolan reports on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s speech in Wigan about the damage caused by the recent hurricane strength storms and how her visit was interrupted by ambulance workers...
Storm damage in UK (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on former Education Secretary Kenneth Baker visiting a school in Swindon where a little girl was killed and others injured after a roof collapsed during the hurricane strength storms, and his speech...
Rebel South Africa cricket tour protests (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
Ali Bacher, organiser of the rebel England cricket tour of South Africa, gives a speech on the protests being allowed to go on outside the stadiums that they are playing in with no police action, following...
German reunification sought (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Catherine Field reports on West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher’s speech in his East German hometown of Halle calling for the two Germanys to make a declaration stating that they have no...
Thatcher on Middle East and German reunification (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Havovi Todd reports on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s speech to the Board of Deputies of British Jews on political changes in Europe and the Middle East, especially need for a cautious approach to the...
Tory local government conference (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Des Fahy reports on the Conservative local government conference in London, with the community charge being an important topic. With speeches by Environment Secretary Chris Patten; Prime Minister Margaret...
US secret talks over hostages (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Paul Woodley reports from New York on rumours that America is holding secret talks to secure the release of hostages in Lebanon. Speakers are US Vice-President Dan Quayle; US President George H W Bush and...
Exiled communists return to South Africa (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
David O’Sullivan reports on the return to South Africa of exiled communists Jack Simons and wife Rae(?) Alexander after 25 years. Jack Simons addresses the crowd and his daughter Mary comments.