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Funeral of Don Revie (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Football celebrities, former Leeds players and fans have been paying their last respects to former club and England manager Don Revie at his cremation in Edinburgh. Mourners included many of the players...
Dustin Hoffman in his new role of Shylock (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
American film actor Dustin Hoffman opens on the West End tonight, as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. Hoffman has won four oscars, one of them for his current hit, Rain Man, but this is his first-ever...
Chinese students in London call for global strike (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Chinese students in London are calling a global one-day strike on Wednesday to allow the world to demonstrate its abhorrence of the Beijing massacres to the Chinese Government. The students are also calling...
Chinese violence provokes the US (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
There was shock and anger in the United States at events in Beijing, where fighting has broken out. President George Bush announced immediate, limited sanctions against the Chinese Government, while...
Anti-Rushdie rally turns violent in Bradford (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Dee Marshall reports on violence in Bradford when fighting broke out between white youths and Muslims protesting against the publication of Salman Rushdie’s novel, The Satanic Verses. Includes crowd noise;...
Second 24 hour rail strike (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
John Alcock reports on how the nation fared in the second Wednesday 24 hour rail and Underground strike today over pay and bargaining conditions. Includes vox pop with Liverpool commuters; view of a...
Labour changes defence policy (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Simon Israel reports from the Labour Party conference in Brighton on a speech by leader Neil Kinnock on the new defence policy not to call for unilateral nuclear disarmament only days after the TGWU had...
David Bowie returns to Brixton to open new community centre (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Julie Benson reports from Brixton, south London, where rock star David Bowie has returned to his birthplace to open a new hi-tech community centre. Includes vox pop with fans waiting for his appearance;...
Laurence Olivier dies (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Simon Bowden reports on reaction at the National Theatre to the death of foremost actor and past director Laurence Olivier. Includes announcement to audience of the death; vox pop wih audience; tributes from...
Bangladeshi protests turn violent (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Special
Julie Benson reports from the scene on violent clashes between the Police and more than a thousand Bangladeshi demonstrators in Bethnal Green, East London. Includes interview with Mufti Ahmed, spokesman for...