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Sealink scheme for Channel fixed link crossing (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on ferry operator Sealink’s submission of its Channel Expressway Channel crossing fixed link scheme which proposes twin road tunnels with two mid-channel ventilator towers. Includes announcement and...
Birmingham Six case (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on new evidence that the Birmingham Six, sentenced to life for the 1974 IRA Birmingham pub bombings, may have been wrongfully convicted, and on local Conservative MP John Farr’s call for a retrial....
Bob Geldof after Christmas lights switch on (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Bob Geldof, lead singer of rock band The Boomtown Rats and organiser of this year’s Live Aid concert, after switching on the Christmas lights in Oxford Street in London on 08/11/85. Interview covers...
Pete Murray’s Nightline (1985)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; Jingle; Music; News bulletin; Phone-in; Talk show; Trailer
Pete Murray’s Nightline (this forms part of Pete Murray’s last show on LBC). Peter Murray interviews mouth organist Larry Adler, who talks about his visits to Israel and his views on Zionism, as well as...
Anglo-Irish Agreement signed (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference; Special; Speech; Technical
Press conference featuring UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald at Hillsborough in Northern Ireland, after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Accord on the future of Northern...
Margaret Thatcher on LWT (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; Jingle
Brian Walden interviews UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street, on London Weekend Television’s Weekend World programme, following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement on the future of...
Di and Charles visit to US (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Press conference; Interview
Andrew Manderstam reports on the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales (Prince Charles and Princess Diana) to the United States on a state visit. Includes vox pop with public in Washington DC; press...
Gorbachev speech at Geneva Summit (1985)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech (via an interpreter) by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the end of the Geneva Summit on nuclear arms reduction where he met with US President Ronald Reagan. On achievements of the talks including...
Reagan speech at Geneva summit (1985)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by US President Ronald Reagan given on 22/11/85 at the end of the Geneva Summit on nuclear arms reduction where he met with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. On achievements of the talks including...
Gorbachev speech at Geneva summit (1985)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech (in Russian) by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the end of the Geneva Summit on nuclear arms reduction where he met with US President Ronald Reagan. On achievements of the talks including improving...