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Political prisoners escape Iranian prison (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an Iranian political prisoner who managed to escape from a prison in Iran with two others. Describes how the escape was planned and carried out, horrific conditions in the prison and hopes for...
Geoffrey Howe visits Israel (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the decision of the British to support UN expansion of peacekeeping forces in the Lebanon. Includes comment from Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe during his visit to Israel, who avoids promising...
TV debate between Reagan and Mondale (1984)
- Genre
- Debate; Interview; News report
Andrew Manderstam reports on the final television election debate, from Kansas City, between Presidential election candidates Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale with issues including age of candidates, and...
Anti-communist priest kidnapped (1984)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the anti-communist sermons read by Father Jerzy Popieluszko at Saint Stanislaus church in Warsaw, and his subsequent kidnapping. Male reporter not identified.
Campaign to free Anatoly Shcharansky (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the moving of political prisoner, Soviet Anatoly Shcharansky (Natan Sharansky), from a prison to a labour camp in the Soviet Union, and his wife Avital Sharansky’s trip to London to gather...
Desmond Tutu stops off in England (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the stopover in Britain of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who comments at Heathrow Airport on his recent Nobel Peace Prize award. Also comment from Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie. Male reporter...
Tutu receives Nobel Peace prize (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the arrival back in South Africa of Archbishop Desmond Tutu after he received the Nobel Peace Prize. Includes comment from the Bishop’s son Trevor Tutu; Desmond Tutu; leader of the United...
Last week of US election campaign (1984)
- Genre
- Election coverage; Interview; News report
Andrew Manderstam reports during the last week of the US Presidential (and House of Representatives) elections, and on the popularity of the candidates. With comment from White House Chief of Staff James...
Labour Party envoy travels to South Africa (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the controversy caused in South Africa by the British Government meeting President P.W. Botha’s government, but refusing to meet with members of the United Democratic Front over dissidents...
Meetings with Durban Six (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
British Labour MP, Donald Anderson on his meeting(s) with three imprisoned members of the United Democratic Front in South Africa and with the remaining three dissidents claiming asylum at the British...