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Syrian diplomat squatting in London (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with John Chaffey and Suzanne Chaffey, about a Syrian diplomat named Ahmed Walid Rajab, squatting in their Kensington flat along with his wife and family. Male interviewer not identified.
John Chaffey on Syrian diplomat squatter (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with John Chaffey on the eviction from his flat in Kensington, west London, of squatter and Syrian diplomat Ahmed Walid Rajab (along with his family). Female interviewer not identified.
Margaret Thatcher opens police station (1985)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the opening of the new Cannon Road police station.
Independent television: The first 30 years (1985)
- Genre
- Special; Speech; Vox pop
Alastair Burnet presents Independent Television: The First 30 Years, including highlights from the IBA/Robert Fraser lecture by politician Viscount Willie Whitelaw on independent broadcasting and the future...
Reagan on TWA Flight 847 hijacking and foreign affairs (1985)
- Genre
- Press conference
US President Ronald Reagan’s press conference on what the USA is going to do following the TWA flight 847 hijacking in Athens to Beirut, the Lebanon and the murder of US Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem on...
TWA Flight 847 hijack - hostage press conference in Lebanon (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference; Speech
Rowdy press conference at Beirut Airport featuring Allyn Conwell, spokesman for and one of the hostages being held in Beirut from TWA Flight 847 which was hijacked by Lebanese Shia Islamists on 14/06/85. He...
Powell’s Embryo Bill filibustered (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a Parliamentary debate on a bill proposed by Ulster Unionist MP Enoch Powell, intended to block Government proposals for overseeing research on early human embryos. The report focuses on the...
Nigel Lawson on inflation rise (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Press interview with Chancellor Nigel Lawson, on Government economic statistics which show a rise in inflation.
Government welfare policy attacked (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on an address by Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock at a gala in Holyrood Park in Edinburgh (with excerpts), where he attacks Government welfare policy and social security review. Also includes speech...
Neil Kinnock on Government social welfare reform (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock responding to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s decision to publish the Government’s financial calculations for the reorganisation of the welfare state.