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Funeral of Roy Kinnear (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Tribute
54 year-old actor, Roy Kinnear died in Spain after falling from his horse whilst filming The Return of the Musketeers. Amongst the mourners at his funeral were Brian Rix, Judi Dench, John Junkin, Bernard...
Death of Roy Orbison (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary; Tribute
Peter Russell reports on the recent death of US singer Roy Orbison. Includes archive interview with Orbison and excerpts of his most famous songs; Nashville radio DJ, Paul Randall Dickerson (aka Possum...
Villagers’ response to the Kegworth air disaster (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute
Chairman of Kegworth Parish Council, David Jones on villagers’ reaction and the debt owed to pilot Captain Kevin Hunt for avoiding a crash landing in the village. Interviewer is George Matheson.
Kegworth air disaster - Pilot’s neighbours pay tribute (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Tribute
Kegworth air disaster. Stephanie Marshall reports from pilot Captain Kevin Hunt’s home village of Aston near East Midlands Airport. Next door neighbour, George Ryder on Hunt’s bravery. Vicar Basil Monroe...
Edwina Currie back in spotlight (1989)
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- News report; Interview; Speech; Tribute
Camilla Affleck reports on Edwina Currie opening the International Book Fair in London, her statement about Salman Rushdie, and how she is writing her own book, Lifelines.
USS Iowa memorial service (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Tribute; Music
Nick Peters reports on the memorial service for the sailors who died in the explosion on the USS Iowa. The battleship’s commanding officer, Fred Mosally, pays tribute to those who died; President George...
Vladimir Bukovsky on the death of Andrei Sakharov (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute; Obituary
Soviet political dissident, Vladimir Bukovsky talks to Nigel Dearing about the late Dr Andrei Sakharov’s impact on the opposition of the Soviet Union, his best achievements, and his influence in the country.
Death of Andrei Sakharov (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute; Obituary
Nigel Dearing reports on the death of Soviet disssident, Dr Andrei Sakharov. The report looks at his life, his work on nuclear physics, and his political dissidence. Fellow dissident, Vladimir Bukovsky talks...
Douglas Hurd on the death of Andrei Sakharov (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute
Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, in Brussels for the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting, talks about the death of human rights activist Dr Andrei Sakharov. He also talks about the meeting of NATO ministers,...
Death of John Heddle MP (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Tribute; Obituary
Conservative MP, John Heddle, has been found dead in a car at a chalk pit near Canterbury. Heddle represented the constituency of Mid-Staffordshire, where he had a majority of nearly fifteen thousand....