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  • Geoff Capes pulls out of Highland Games (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Interview with and report on Geoff Capes, on his pulling out of next year’s Highland Games after a member of the crowd told him to sit down as he was spoiling spectators’ view of the Queen. Male reporter...

  • Tower block demolished (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special

    Report as Highworth Point, a tower block of flats in Hackney, is demolished (sirens, explosions and cheering heard) and interview with Susan, the woman who pushed the button to demolish the block. Reporter...

  • Hackney housing renovation (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Hackney Council housing chairman Pete Chowney, in one of the council’s properties, on using a dedicated team to renovate empty properties, the housing crisis, and future plans for housing....

  • David Waddington on child deportation case (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Home Office minister David Waddington on the case of a young boy who was born in Pakistan and adopted outside official procedures, and who had faced deportation back to his country. He will now be able to...

  • Dorman Long on Maureen McGoldrick affair (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Brent councillor Dorman Long on the stalemate in the Maureen McGoldrick affair (McGoldrick was suspended from teaching for allegedly making a racist remark) and the National Union of Teachers’s stance....

  • Thames Day (1986)

    Genre
    Music; Special; Speech

    Report on Thames Day celebrations, with jazz and country music, aircraft race commentary, and aircraft heard passing overhead. Male commentator not identified.

  • Suzy Lamplugh case - Mother on coping strategies (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Diana Lamplugh on the hunt for her daughter, missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh. On the letters she has written her daughter, one of which has been published in the Evening Standard; the need for closure;...

  • Fordingbridge murders (1986)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press conference with Detective Chief Superintendent Alan Wheeler on the discovery earlier today of a mass murder and fire at Burgate House, Fordingbridge, Hampshire. He calls for witnesses and takes...

  • Fordingbridge murder suspect in local pubs (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    Report on the suspect in the Fordingbridge murders case, George Stephenson, after he gave himself up to police. Bar staff and customers talk about seeing him in two pubs (one The Foresters Arms, in...

  • 24-hour newspaper (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Robert Maxwell (and his editor?) on plans for a 24-hours-a-day newspaper, the London Daily News; negotiations with the unions; how the newspaper will be produced; what kind of newspaper it...