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Welcome home parade for British Gulf war troops (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Report from the welcome home parade for the British troops who were involved in the Gulf War, in the City of London. Spectators express their views. Includes a fly by. Nicky Broyd reports.
Channel Tunnel construction near completion (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report from the final breakthrough in the Channel Tunnel, marking the end of the tunnelling phase. With Eurotunnel Chief Executive Alastair Morton on the completion of the digging and the installation of the...
Margaret Thatcher resigns from parliament (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Paul Rowley reports on Margaret Thatcher’s resignation from Parliament, she will not contest her seat at the next election. Chris Patten reads the statement made by Thatcher, at the Conservative Party...
Finchley constitutuents views on Thatcher standing down as MP (1991)
- Genre
- Vox pop
Vox pop with constituents in Finchley on the decision of former UK Prime Minister and local MP Margaret Thatcher to leave the House of Commons, standing down as an MP, at the next General Election. Most of...
Brixton Prison breakout as IRA suspects use gun to escape (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Helen Costello reports on a police hunt for two IRA suspects, Pearse McAuley and Nessan Quinlivan, who broke out of Brixton maximum security jail yesterday. They were being held on terrorist charges and...
Unemployment figures rise (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on a further rise in unemployment figures and the effect in the South East. Speakers are Employment Secretary Michael Howard; Labour Party employment spokesman Tony Blair; Bridget Rosewell, Managing...
British Rail service quality (1991)
- Genre
- Special; Vox pop
Report from Lewisham railway station on the facilities, gives it 9 out of 10, then from an overcrowded train to Charing Cross where the public give their views on British Rail services and what British Rail...
Pavarotti concert in Hyde Park (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; Vox pop; Music
Charlie Stayt interviews spectators at a free concert by Italian tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, in London’s Hyde Park (30/07/91). Includes excerpts from concert. Broadcast on LBC Newstalk.
London Kuwaitis on end to Gulf war (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Report from the Edgeware Road, London in which Kuwaiti people discuss the aftermath of the Gulf war with their homeland liberated; give their opinion on the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, and the Kuwaitis...
Kidnapped man forced to assist robbery (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on the kidnap of Richard Brody, who was driven to a Thomas Cook travel agents in Newhaven and forced to help steal travellers’ cheques and foreign currency. With comment on Brody’s personality...