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Clips from Thatcher years (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Speech
Series of short clips from Margaret Thatcher’s time in office. 1. BBC TV interview with US President Ronald Reagan paying tribute to Thatcher (1988). Male interviewer not identified. 2. Thatcher speech as...
David Steel on possible Liberal-SDP merger (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Richard Bestic interviews Liberal Party leader David Steel on the speech he will make today to persuade the Liberal assembly in Blackpool to vote for the merger with the SDP, in what will be seen as a make...
David Alton’s abortion bill (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Emma Udwin interviews MP David Alton, who has won the first round of his campaign to cut the abortion time limit from 28 to 18 weeks. His private member’s bill now goes to the committee stage, and Alton...
Liberal-SDP merger one step closer (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Richard Bestic interviews Liberal Party leader David Steel following the victory in a vote for a merger with the SDP at his party’s special conference yesterday in Blackpool. After 9 hours of debate 84...
Olivier Awards round-up (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Sue Jameson reports on the Olivier Awards, the most prestigious awards for theatre, with round-up of who won what. Includes interviews with winner John Woodvine, actor, on his role in the theatre, and his...
Top names demonstrate against Clause 28 (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Sue Jameson reports on some of the top names in the world of the arts gathering on the stage of the Playhouse Theatre today to voice their opposition to Clause 28 of the local government bill that goes...
RUC shoot-to-kill inquiry (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
2 linked clips. 1. Ken Livingstone comments on the killing of unarmed men by the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland. He has pledged to do what he can to help the truth come out and says the RUC is...
British Coal’s future after Scargill re-elected head of NUM (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Energy Secretary Cecil Parkinson, who discusses the future for British Coal after Arthur Scargill was re-elected as the President of the NUM. Parkinson believes Scargill’s victory could push...
Steve Jones show (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Bertice Reading joins Steve Jones and discusses her career as singer and dancer and her new role as Bloody Mary in the musical South Pacific at the Prince of Wales Theatre; the show, and the people coming to...
Local milkman rewarded with Concorde flight on retirement (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Alan Smith, a milkman from Barnes, who is known as the milkman to the stars due to the number of millionaires and celebrities on his round, has been given a special present on his retirement. Sally Holloway,...