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290 results found for all records.

  • Red Rum on the mend (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; Tribute

    Interview with Ginger McCain, trainer of legendary racehorse Red Rum. Red Rum, triple Grand National winner, has had serious health issues recently but seems to be recovering. Interviewer is Angela Rippon.

  • Tribute to Max Jaffa (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; Music; News report; Tribute

    Tribute to the celebrated violinist Max Jaffa (died 30/07/91). Includes interviews with Jaffa and his widow, opera singer Jean Grayston. Commentary by Marc de Leuw.

  • John Major pays tribute to Peter Brooke (1992)

    Genre
    Press conference; Tribute

    Prime Minister John Major defends the intentions of Northern Ireland Secretary, Peter Brooke after he rashly sang Oh My Darling, Clementine on Irish television only hours after IRA bombs killed seven people...

  • Menachem Begin’s career (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; Tribute

    With former Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin, seriously ill in hospital, historian David Cesarani talks about Begin’s career from underground resistance leader to PM. Male interviewer not identified.

  • General election campaign-Patten heaps praise on Major (1992)

    Genre
    Tribute

    Ahead of the general election Conservative Party chairman Chris Patten heaps praise on Prime Minister John Major. Interviewer not heard.

  • Bernard Weatherill retirement (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Tribute; Speech

    Paul Rowley reports from the House of Commons as MPs pay tribute to retiring Speaker, Bernard Weatherill. Includes speeches from Bernard Weatherill (last Order Order and retirement speech); and Prime...

  • Roger Taylor and Brian May on Freddie tribute (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; Music; Tribute

    Queen drummer Roger Taylor, and guitarist Brian May on their memorial and AIDS fundraising concert to lead singer Freddie Mercury who died of AIDS. Includes music from Queen songs. Interviewer not heard.

  • George Bush on Major winning general election (1992)

    Genre
    Speech; Tribute

    US President George H W Bush pays tribute to UK Prime Minister John Major in his victory in the general election and says Major has been key in democratic reform in the former Soviet Union and global...

  • Freddie Mercury tribute concert for Aids awareness (1992)

    Genre
    Speech; Tribute

    Speeches by Elizabeth Taylor, actress and president of the American Foundation for AIDS Research, and musicians George Michael and Elton John, at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert at Wembley Stadium,...

  • Frankie Howerd dies (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; Tribute

    Interview with Ernie Wise about fellow comedian Frankie Howerd, who’s died at the Charing Cross Hospital in London at the age of seventy. Female interviewer not identified. Phone interview for Drivetime show.