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Andrei Sakharov calls for further reform in USSR (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
John Alcock reports on a news conference held by Andrei Sakharov (with excerpts), a leading Soviet dissident who was released from internal exile 2 years ago. He backed Mikhail Gorbachev’s perestroika...
UK-Soviet relations and talks (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Simon Israel reports on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s views of the way forward following a summit with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow. She is heard talking on future of foreign policy as US President...
President Reagan on his last trip to Britain as President (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on an address by outgoing US President Ronald Reagan at the end of a visit to Britain at the Guildhall in London, on the future of international relations following UK Prime Minister...
President Reagan on his last trip to Britain as President (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
US President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher both give speeches at the Guildhall in London after Reagan signed an agreement with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow, which will...
Reagan, Thatcher and Gorbachev after Moscow summit (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
After the Moscow summit, in which Soviet-Western relations were improved, Margaret Thatcher congratulates outgoing US President Ronald Reagan on his work towards better relations with the Soviet Union....
Montage from Moscow summit (1988)
- Genre
- Music; Speech
A montage of clips from the Moscow summit, which includes speech extracts from US President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. All set to music of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet chosen to end a performance...
Harry Enfield as Stavros on the poll tax (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Harry Enfield’s comedy character Stavros, a Cypriot kebab shop owner, backs the campaign outside the Hackney Empire to protest about the new poll tax (community charge). Enfield as Stavros airs his views...
Ian Botham talks from his hospital bed (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Cricketer Ian Botham is interviewed from his hospital bed, where he is recovering from a back injury and surgery on it. He discusses the time spent in hospital, and his hopes to return to first team cricket...
Metropolitan Police corruption claims (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Jackie Ford reports on the reaction of Peter Imbert, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, to allegations of corruption within the Force following the recent collapse of three trials of alleged football...
Violence in the countryside (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Brian Hayes, Chief Constable of Surrey, on an increase in violent crime in rural areas which he puts down to young people who are drunk committing crimes. Seems to be spreading out from inner...