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Commons debates nuclear safety and prisons (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the day’s deliberations in the House of Commons with fears for UK nuclear safety allayed following the Chernobyl disaster in the USSR- speeches by PM Margaret Thatcher and Environment Secretary...
Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Genre
- Press conference
In the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, Soviet ambassador to Britain Leonid Zamyatin speaks to press describing the measures taken to stabilise the area, denies that thousands were...
US ratification of extradition treaty (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Tom King, Northern Ireland Secretary, from Washington DC, on the ratification of a treaty in the USA on the extradition of terrorists, which, it is hoped, will finally go through. This follows an agreement...
Jennifer Guinness after her kidnap ordeal (1986)
- Genre
- Press conference
Statement by the family of kidnapped Irish heiress Jennifer Guinness, read out (poss. by her husband, John?) after her rescue. Jennifer herself answers questions from the press.
Margaret Thatcher after economic summit in Tokyo (1986)
- Genre
- Speech
UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher gives a speech at the end of the world economic summit in Tokyo attended by herself, Nigel Lawson and Geoffrey Howe. She says the summit was a success and outlines the...
Margaret Thatcher after world economic summit (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher is interviewed on the outcome of the world economic summit in Tokyo. On the discussions and decisions made on subjects including terrorism, nuclear safety, and...
Evacuation of Kiev after Chernobyl (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report back to the studio on the evacuation of Kiev due to the oncoming radioactive cloud caused by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, and the reaction of locals to the disaster. The Soviet Union...
Radio Moscow news bulletin on Chernobyl (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin
Radio Moscow world service news bulletin, read by Natalia Stefanova(?), focusing on the recent Chernobyl nuclear disaster. On the Politburo considering a report and making decisions on the aftermath of the...
Chernobyl nuclear disaster (1986)
- Genre
- News report
Report back to the studio after Western journalists spoke to the Ukrainian Prime Minister following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Describes the conflicting information being given by different sources...
Mikhail Gorbachev on Chernobyl (1986)
- Genre
- News report
Radio Moscow world service report on a speech by Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and how well the Soviet Union is coping. He...