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Controversy over Zola Budd competing in South Africa (1988)
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- Interview
Alison Johns interviews British Amateur Athletic Board spokesman Antony(?) War(?) following the International Amateur Athletic Federation saying track and field competitor Zola Budd broke rules on...
The night is young (1988)
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- Interview
Alison(?) Rose interviews actress Una Stubbs on The Night is Young about her new role on stage in London’s longest running comedy play Run for Your Wife, what made her take the role, what the play is about...
John Waters on new film Hairspray (1988)
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- Interview
Carol Allen interviews film director John Waters about his new film Hairspray, a satire of 1960’s America. On what the film is about, his friend Harris Glenn Milstead the actor better know as Divine, and...
Police leader of Moors murders hunt retires (1988)
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- Interview; News report; Press conference
Detective Chief Superintendent Peter Topping, who led the hunt for the victims of the Moors murders by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, retires from the police force. David Stead reports with press conference...
Reforms to official secrets act (1988)
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- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
The Official Secrets Act is to be reformed so that only information that is related to national security will be covered. Home Secretary Douglas Hurd announces to the Commons the areas to be changed;...
The night is young (1988)
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- Interview
Film director John Waters talks to Carol Allen on The Night is Young about his film Hairspray and his inspirations for the film. Speaks of his school integration with the black community during the...
The night is young (1988)
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- Interview
Film director Ken Russell talks to Carol Allen on The Night is Young about his new film Salome’s Last Dance which is based on the Oscar Wilde play Salome which was never shown publicly in the UK; his films...
Man believes he is Jesus Christ (1988)
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- Interview
Damien Johnson interviews Anthony Hill from Sheffield who believes he is Jesus Christ. He has issued a writ against all Members of Parliament in order, he says, to take back the sovereignty of the country he...
The night is young (1988)
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- Interview
Gill Pyrah interviews theatre producer and former actor Bill Kenwright on The Night is Young. On producing musicals and shows including Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and...
Official Secrets Act reform (1988)
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- Interview
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd is interviewed on his proposed changes to the Official Secrets Act. Expresses views on critical comments made by David Hooper, a lawyer in the so called Spycatcher case; deputy...