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Near-miss for two jets at Gatwick (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Two British holiday jets came close to crashing into each other at Gatwick Airport last night. A British Island Airways BAC 111 apparently landed on the wrong runway, just as the second plane was...
Steve Jones show (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Advertisement
Steve Jones Show. Actor Simon Cadell talks to Steve Jones about his early life and his work, including commercial voice-overs; the BBC series, Hi-de-Hi!; watching himself on television; his current role in...
Steve Jones show (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Steve Jones Show. Actor and composer Martin Smith talks to Steve Jones about his latest project, King, a musical commemorating the 20th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King. He also talks about...
Hijackers threaten to kill Kuwaiti royal (1988)
- Genre
- News report
The hijackers of Kuwait Airways Flight 422 have threatened to kill a member of the Kuwaiti royal family if their demands are not met. The situation is highly volatile, but the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber...
Steve Jones show (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Advertisement
Steve Jones interviews guest, actress Stephanie Turner, about her role at the Playhouse Theatre in London in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, as Nurse Mildred Ratched. She also talks about...
Manhattan Transfer promoting concerts in London (1988)
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- Interview; Music
Interview with the four members of American vocal group Manhattan Transfer: Janis Siegel, Cheryl Bentine, Tim Hauser, and Alan Paul, coinciding with two concerts at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, sponsored...
Near miss at Gatwick Airport (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Steve Hall of the local residents association following an accident at Gatwick Airport when a British Airways Boeing 737 had to veer into muddy ground to avoid a collision. He believes the...
Ronnie Biggs on Great Train Robbery (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with criminal Ronnie Biggs, in Brazil. He talks about the Great Train Robbery in 1963 and the assault on train driver Jack Mills. He also comments on his children and says they should keep away...
The night is young (1988)
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- Interview
Sue Jameson interviews National Theatre director, Sir Peter Hall on The Night is Young. Coincides with the end of his time at the National Theatre, with last productions being late plays of Shakespeare:...
Former hostage on Kuwait Airways hijack (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Former Flight 422 hostage Bert Watson, back home in Gisborough, tells Andy Clewes he is finding it hard to come to terms with what happened to him, and with what is still happening to his fellow passengers.