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Bath police raid in connection with Brinks Mat robbery (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the police raid yesterday on Battlefields manor house near Bath, in connection with the 1983 Brinks Mat gold robbery. Includes interview with John Palmer, who was stopped by police on the way to...
Student grant fraud (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Chairman of the ILEA Neil Fletcher confirming a grants fraud by two students which appears to be part of a major criminal attempt to defraud a number of different institutions. Male interviewer not identified.
New British Screen Finance Consortium (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the replacement of the National Film Finance Corporation with the British Screen Finance Consortium, a joint public/private body which will be looking for a commercial return on projects. Includes...
Memorial ceremony for WPC Yvonne Fletcher (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Tribute
Report on the ceremony unveiling a memorial for WPC Yvonne Fletcher, shot and killed last year during a demonstration outside the Libyan Embassy in London, and whose death led to a police siege of the...
PC George Hammond stabbing (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with WPC Judith Holder, who responded to a call for assistance and found it was colleague PC George Hammond, who had been stabbed when tackling a man with a carving knife in a sweet shop. Male...
PC George Hammond stabbing (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the daughter (not identified) of PC George Hammond who was stabbed when tackling a man with a carving knife in a sweet shop in Dulwich, south London, and is now in hospital. She confirms...
Wife murder suspect in Michael Joynes death (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the case of Michael Joynes, who was believed to have committed suicide in the River Medway at Motney Hill in Kent in 1984, but whose wife, Linda, has now been accused of his murder by encouraging...
David Mellor on drugs (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Office minister David Mellor condemns Labour controlled Southwark Council’s failure to co-operate with the police in their efforts to crack down on drug dealing in the borough, by refusing permission...
House of Lords televised (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Austin Mitchell expresses his approval of the first day’s television transmission from the House of Lords as a six month experiment, and on the demonstration in the public gallery in support of...
House of Lords televised (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Tony Benn gives his opinion on the first day’s television transmission from the House of the Lords as a six month experiment, and its discussion of the miners’ stike. Benn criticises the...