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Geoffrey Howe on Gibraltar shootings (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Peter Spencer reports from Westminster on a statement by Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe about the killing of three IRA terrorist suspects in Gibraltar by British security forces (06/03/88). The three...
Margaret Thatcher on Action in Cities scheme (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Murphy interviews UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher about the Action in Cities scheme to revive the inner cities in the UK. See Further information for transcript.
Diane Langton on closure of The Rink musical (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Mark Percy interviews actor, Diane Langton, star of the musical, The Rink, which is due to close at the Cambridge Theatre, London, following low audience figures. Langton, who plays Angel, says the...
David Owen on SDP re-launch (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Richard Bestic interviews Dr David Owen, after the re-launch of the SDP. Follows the merger of the Liberal Party and the old SDP to form the Social and Liberal Democratic Party. Broadcast on LBC AM programme.
Parade in Gibraltar unaffected by bomb threats (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Ben Brown reports on the unaffected Changing of the Guard ceremony in Gibraltar by the Royal Anglian Regiment that was the supposed target of IRA terrorists. Includes actuality of the parade; interviews with...
Herald of Free Enterprise disaster awards (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an awards ceremony at Buckingham Palace where the Queen presented medals to 28 people who risked (or gave) their lives in trying to rescue others in the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster...
Peter Coleridge released (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Mark Percy reports on the release of freed British Oxfam worker, Peter Coleridge, from captivity in Beirut. In an interview he tells of his kidnap at the hands of Fatah revolutionary gunmen. Also includes...
Peter Coleridge released (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Clifford Coleridge on the release of his son Peter Coleridge, an Oxfam worker, freed from captivity in Beirut. He says he’s looking forward to welcoming his son home. Female interviewer...
Gibraltar IRA shootings (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview (on RTE in Dublin) with the former Irish Foreign Minister, Peter Barry, about the shooting in Gibraltar of three unarmed IRA members by the SAS (06/03/88). On the shoot-to-kill action rather than...
Gibraltar IRA shootings (1988)
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
Parliamentary statement by UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, about the shooting in Gibraltar of three IRA members by the SAS (06/03/88). Says most people will be relieved they were stopped before another...