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Labour launch regional policy commission (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Jeff Collins reports on the launch of a new Labour Party Regional Policy Commission to decentralize governance and deal with local problems locally . Deputy leader John Prescott speaks at the launch on the...
Hiroshima bombing 50th anniversary (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Simon Marks reports on the marking of the fiftieth anniversary in the USA of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945 by the US Air Force. Includes archive recording of...
Hiroshima bombing 50th anniversary (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Alistair McGhie reports on Japanese commemorations of the fiftieth anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US Air Force and Japanese refusal to apologise...
Queen Mothers’ 95th birthday (1995)
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- News report; Interview; Speech; Vox pop; Poetry
Jeff Collins reports on the Queen Mother’s ninety-fifth birthday. Wellwishers gathered outside her official residence at Clarence House to celebrate the occasion. Includes vox pop with crowd; interview...
Mumia Abu-Jamal reprieve (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
London News Washington correspondent Simon Marks reports on a temporary reprieve in the United States for a convicted murderer who was due to be executed on 17/08/95. Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on...
Globe Theatre opens - Actors’ reaction (1995)
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- News report; Speech; Drama; Interview
Jeff Collins reports on the opening of the reconstructed Globe Theatre in Southwark, south London. The first performance is due to coincide with the birthday of American actor, the late Sam Wanamaker, who...
Globe Theatre opens - Actors’ reaction (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Drama; Interview
Jeff Collins reports on the opening of the reconstructed Globe Theatre in Southwark, south London. The first performance is due to coincide with the birthday of American actor, the late Sam Wanamaker, who...
National Television Awards ceremony and winners (1995)
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- News report; Speech; Interview
Lizzie Knight reports on last night’s National Television Awards ceremony dominated by comedian Michael Barrymore, who has recently announced he is gay and is splitting from wife Cheryl. Includes...
US reaction to UN and NATO air strikes in Bosnia (1995)
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- News report; Speech; Interview
Simon Marks reports from Washington on US reaction to the UN and NATO air strikes on Serb forces in Bosnia, and the breakthrough in peace talks between Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke and...
First anniversary of IRA ceasefire - Effect on London (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Paul Chapman reports on the first anniversary of the IRA ceasefire in Northern Ireland on the effect of the truce on London. Includes Prime Minister John Major’s Downing Street announcement of the...