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Hurd visits Handsworth after riots (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Vox pop
Report from the scene of the Handsworth riots in Birmingham in 09/85. Includes a press interview with Home Secretary Douglas Hurd, on a visit to the area; views of female residents. Female reporter not...
Hurd visits Handsworth after riots (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Report on the visit of the Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, to the area of the Handsworth riots in Birmingham in 09/85. Includes a press interview with Douglas Hurd. Male reporter not identified.
Police search for Handsworth rioter (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with police spokesman Ian Strachan on the hunt for a man pictured throwing a petrol bomb in the Handsworth riots in Birmingham (09/85). Female interviewer not identified. Ends abruptly.
Thatcher on Handsworth riots (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Press interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reacting to the Handsworth riots in Birmingham in 09/85. She comments on what needs to be done to prevent recurrences, to repair the damage, and on...
Police and fire service action in Handsworth riots (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with West Midlands Chief Constable Geoffrey Dear, defending the police and fire brigade in their response to the Handsworth riots in Birmingham (09/85). He compares the situation to riots in 1981....
Margaret Thatcher visits Gateshead (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Report on the visit of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Willington Quay, Gateshead, where she tells locals not to moan about unemployment and criticises the strike at nearby Swan Hunter shipyard....
Handsworth rioters sentenced (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on sentencing at Birmingham’s law courts of the first groups arrested during the Handsworth riots of 09/85. The first offender to be sentenced was John Sheen, aged 27. Includes interview with a male...
UK-USSR tit for tat expulsions (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with male speaker (poss. former UK Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister, Lord Home (Alec Douglas-Home)) on likely tit for tat expulsions of British officials and journalists from Moscow in response...
Rebecca Heyworth liver transplant case (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Christopher Heyworth on the condition of his 4 year-old daughter, Rebecca Heyworth, who is desperately in need of a liver transplant in order to save her life. He appeals for a donor. The...
Handsworth riots (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the events during the Handsworth riots in Birmingham in 09/85. Speaking are Ken Evans, West Midlands Police; Graham Meldrum, Fire Brigade; Harold Read(?), lawyer; local residents and shopkeepers...