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Remembrance Day service in Kranji (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Maurice reports on the Remembrance Day service held in Kranji Cemetary, Singapore for those lost in the Second World War. Includes interview with Louisa Hartley, nurse and former POW, sermon and...
Terry Waite on Beirut mission (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the decision of Church of England envoy, Terry Waite to go to the Lebanon to discuss the release of the American hostages held in Beirut. Includes excerpt from a press conference where Waite lays...
Oliver Tambo speech in London (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by ANC leader, Oliver Tambo, in London following the unveiling of a statue of jailed anti-apartheid campaigner, Nelson Mandela, and at the start of a conference organised by the National...
New London Director on ACAS role (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Peter Syson, the new London Director of ACAS, the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service, on its high profile role in sorting out industrial relations problems, and also in helping...
Bill Tench critical air safety book (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Paul Maurice reports on former senior air crash investigator Bill Tench’s forthcoming book Safety is No Accident, which is critical of both the British Civil Aviation Authority and US National...
Channel fixed link schemes (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Transport Secretary Nicholas Ridley on the criteria the government will be applying when considering the most favourable scheme to construct a Channel fixed link between England and France, and on opposition...
Queen banquet speech during state visit of Amir of Qatar (1985)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by the Queen at a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in honour of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, during his state visit to Britain. On the shared desire of Britain and Qatar to...
Geldof switches on Oxford Street Christmas lights (1985)
- Genre
- Special; Speech
Bob Geldof, lead singer of rock band the Boomtown Rats and organiser of this year’s Live Aid concert, switching on the Christmas lights in Oxford Street in London with his daughter (Fifi Trixibelle...
Sara Keays on Parkinson affair (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
ITN interview, following the publication of her book, A Question of Judgement, with Sara Keays, the former mistress of and personal secretary to Conservative MP, Cecil Parkinson, and whose public statement...
Sara Keays book on Parkinson affair (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the publication of A Question of Judgement, by Sara Keays, former mistress and personal secretary to Conservative MP, Cecil Parkinson, whose public statement of her pregnancy and their affair led...