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Rashid Abdur murder-charred body found in Epping Forest (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Bush reports on a murder investigation into the death of an Asian man whose charred remains were discovered in Epping Forest. The man was later named as Rashid Abdur. Includes interview with Detective...
P & O dispute-Sam McCluskie interview (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Press interview with Sam McCluskie, National Union of Seamen, on the fourteen week old ferry dispute. Coincides with the decision of P & O to reject the latest peace moves put forward by arbitration service...
Astrology debate in House of Commons (1988)
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
Excerpt from parliamentary debate where Conservative bankbencher, Julian Amery, asks Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher whether she will be consulting an astrologer on policy decisions in the future, she...
IRA victims bodies flown home from Holland (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Gareth Furby reports from RAF Northolt on the return to Britain of the bodies of three British aircraftsmen Ian Shinner, John Baxter, and John Reid, murdered by the IRA in the Netherlands. Includes interview...
Abortion amendment bill debate (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Des Fahy reports on a parliamentary debate where a motion tabled by Liberal David Alton, on the Abortion Amendment Bill effectively failed due to a lack of time. Speeches by Sir Bernard Braine; David Steel;...
Alton on Abortion amendment bill failure (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Liberal MP David Alton on the filibustering in the House of Commons of his Abortion Amendment Bill. The delay in proceedings effectively killed the motion to lower the abortion limit to 18...
UK local elections-party reaction (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Emma Udwin reports on the results of the UK local elections (05/05/88). Includes interviews with Larry Whitty, Labour Party; Nicholas Ridley, Conservative Party; David Steel, SLD; John Cartwright, SDP.
UK local elections-Kinnock reaction (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Kevin Murphy interviews Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock, at a Westminster news conference, about the results of the UK local elections (05/05/88). He says they were a brilliant result for Labour.
BBC in row over programme on Gibraltar IRA shooting (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Gary Duffy reports from Belfast on a row over the controversial screening of a BBC documentary about the shooting of 3 suspected IRA members in Gibraltar by the SAS, broadcast at the last minute in Northern...
Michael Foot on Lord Byron (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Gill Pyrah interviews MP and former Labour Party leader Michael Foot, about his biography of Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron, later Noel, 6th Baron Byron), entitled The Politics of Paradise. He says his...