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39,247 results found for all records.
Douglas Hurd on Wapping dispute violence (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, responding to a call for an inquiry into police violence at the News International dispute in Wapping, East London. Says the mob were deliberately violent and...
Margaret Hughes reunited with children (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report from Strasbourg on the reunion of Margaret Hughes with her children, Marcel, aged 13, and Karen, aged 10, whom she had not seen since her estranged husband, Abdel Selim Miroud, took them to Algeria...
Spycatcher ruling in Australia (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Malcolm Turnbull, lawyer of former spy, Peter Wright, on a judicial ruling in Australia which destroys the British claim that publication of Wright’s book, Spycatcher is a threat to national...
Irish General Election campaign (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the 1987 General Election campaign in the Republic of Ireland and a big change in opinion polls following a TV debate in which stance on Northern Ireland came up. Includes interview with Taoiseach...
Irish General Election results (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on the results of the 1987 General Election in the Republic of Ireland. Includes reaction from Garret FitzGerald, Fine Gael on losing; Fianna Fail leader, Charles Haughey, who will now become...
Roger Cooper spying case (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified male speaker (poss. Paul Cooper) about the imprisonment of his brother, journalist, Roger Cooper, in Iran on spying charges. Male interviewer not identified.
John Demjanjuk trial (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the trial in Israel of John Demjanjuk (born Ivan Demjanjuk, aka Ivan the Terrible), for war crimes committed at the Treblinka death camp in the Second World War. Includes reaction at trial from...
Derrick Gregory sentenced to death for drug smuggling (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the case of Derrick Gregory, sentenced to death in Malaysia for heroin smuggling, he has been held in prison since 1982. Includes interview with Derrick Gregory. He was hanged in 1989. Reporters...
Denis Worrall on Black president (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on comments of Denis Worrall, South African diplomat and politician on a radio show during campaign for an election, saying there is no reason why his country shouldn’t have a future Black...
Football fans coach crashes in Spain (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with tour organiser and passenger on a coach crash (poss. Chris Henderson?) in Spain where ten English football fans were seriously injured. Female interviewer not identified.