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Jim Prior on Government’s decision not to buy Nimrod (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Jim Prior, Chairman of GEC, reacts to the UK Government’s decision not to pick the Nimrod early warning aircraft system - that his company manufactured - for its air defence system. Prior says the...
Tam Dalyell on Fifth Man mystery (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP, Tam Dalyell on the identity of the so-called Fifth Man in connection with the break-in and theft by intelligence services of unspecified espionage-related documents (poss. generated by the...
Mark Golding dies after methodone overdose (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the death of Mark Golding, friend of pop star Boy George (born George Alan O’Dowd), from a methadone overdose the day after they were held on suspicion of carrying drugs. Boy George’s father...
Boy George on his heroin addiction (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Boy George, interviewed following a drugs conviction, discusses his heroin addiction, the effect it has had on his family, his road to recovery, and his future plans for making music. Male interviewer not...
Maureen McGoldrick case - Council abandons hearing attempts (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the abandonment by Brent Council of its fight to hold disciplinary hearings in the case of head teacher Maureen McGoldrick (in connection with her allegedly racist remarks) after Kenneth Baker,...
Maureen McGoldrick case - Council leader on Baker intervention (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Reaction from Brent Council leader Merle Amory to the intervention of Education Minister, Kenneth Baker in the case of head teacher Maureen McGoldrick, who was suspended for allegedly making racist remarks....
Obituary of David Penhaligon MP (1986)
- Genre
- Obituary; Speech
A look back at the career of Liberal MP for Truro, David Charles Penhaligon, who has been killed in a car accident (22/12/86). Includes excerpts of speeches by Penhaligon to the Liberal Party Assembly in...
David Steel tribute to David Penhaligon MP (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute
Liberal Party leader David Steel says he is shattered at the death of David Penhaligon, Liberal MP for Truro, in a car accident this morning (22/12/86). He pays tribute to his colleague, saying his death is...
Archbishop on AIDS (1986)
- Genre
- Press conference
Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie speaks to members of the press following a visit (to a hospice?) to learn more about AIDS, on the need for more care and greater understanding for AIDS victims. He...
Clockwork Orange conspiracy (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
John Colin Wallace, a former British soldier and psychological warfare operative who was one of the members of the Clockwork Orange project (alleged to have been an attempt to smear a number of British...