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Lord Snowdon backs polio vaccine campaign (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with photographer Lord Snowdon (Antony Armstrong-Jones), who is backing a fund-raising campaign by Rotary International to vaccinate children worldwide against polio. On his personal commitment to...
Police requests for television news film footage (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Ken Hayes, Managing Director of Screen News on police requests for them to hand over film footage of street scenes where Bernard o’Connell was stabbed to death in Willesden. They are referring the matter...
Tony Benn speech in Essex (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Seagrove reports on a speech by Labour leadership contender Tony Benn at Basildon, Essex. In a veiled attack on Neil Kinnock, he argues for the right of party members to put forward different views, and...
Safer motorways measures (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Transport Secretary Paul Channon on a package of new measures to make motorways safer, including a road safety campaign for motorists and discussions with police over necessary enforcement. Male interviewer...
World Food Conference in Brussels (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
John Fraser reporting on the World Food Conference in Brussels. President of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda bursts into song before delivering his speech on third world famine and short-termism in giving food aid....
Kuwaiti Airlines hijacking (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Israel reports back to the studio on the return to the UK at Heathrow Airport of British hostages from a hijacked Kuwaiti Airlines jet. Mark Appleby, one of the hostages, describes the hijackers taking...
TV news film footage must be handed to police (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Crook reports on the judge’s decision that Screen News should hand over film footage of a man, Bernard O’Connell, stabbed to death in Willesden, as television companies have a moral duty to help the...
Margaret Thatcher’s visit to Turkey (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Tim Kelsey reports from Turkey on the visit of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for discussions with Premier Turgut Ozal. On her interest in strengthening Anglo-Turkish relations on trade, but making no...
Reform of the social security system (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the reform of the social security system, which has been criticised for hitting the poorest in society. Opinions from Janice Turner of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux;...
Cypriot Government spokesman on Kuwait Airways hijack (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Yesterday the hijackers of Kuwait Airways Flight 422 shot a Kuwaiti army officer before freeing a young Kuwaiti hostage in what they said was a goodwill gesture. Cypriot Government spokesman Akis Fantis...