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Memorial service for the Piper Alpha tragedy (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
From Aberdeen, Lorraine Davidson reports on the memorial service for the Piper Alpha disaster at St Nicholas Church with sermon from offshore chaplain Andrew Wylie and speech by hospital chaplain from Royal...
Ceasefire in the Gulf (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference
UN Secretary General, Javier Perez de Cuellar speaks to the press about the 10-man team to be sent to the Middle East to negotiate the ceasefire following Iran accepting UN resolution 598 for a ceasefire...
Queen Mother revisits East End (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
The Queen Mother made a nostalgic trip to Rotherhithe in London’s Docklands yesterday, last time she was officially there it was to boost the morale during the Second World War. Steve Kyte reports....
The night is young (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Gill Pyrah interviews actress and director Sheila Hancock on The Night is Young programme. On her role in Howard Brenton’s play, Greenland, which will open at the Royal Court and the play itself, set in a...
The night is young (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Carol Allen chats on programme The Night is Young to Joseph Cotten, the tall, goodlooking leading man of many classic films of the forties and fifties and his wife, actress Patricia Medina, who are visiting...
The night is young (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
The Night is Young. Gill Pyrah interviews British author Barbara Cartland. Topics include family life, religion, both World Wars, love and romance (which form the basis of her 700-plus novels). Three songs...
Sarah Jane Newbury certified a virgin (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Mark Phillips interviews 30 year-old legal secretary Sarah Jane Newbury from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, who explains why she underwent a medical procedure to certify that she is a virgin. She says she is waiting...
Crossbow murder of Diana Maw (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Detective Superintendent Malcolm Hackett on the murder of Diana Maw by means of a crossbow bolt. Neighbour Geoffrey Blyth(?) on his shock; also other, unidentified neighbours. The police are appealing for...
Betty Schiess on women bishops (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Lawrence Spicer interviews the Reverend Betty Bone Schiess on women priests and bishops with reference to a meeting by Anglican Churches in Canterbury. Schiess talks of the Americans’ acceptance and the...
Flora Keays undergoes surgery for brain tumour (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Flora Keays, the 4 year-old daughter of Energy Secretary, Cecil Parkinson and his former secretary and mistress of 11 years, Sara Keays, has undergone an operation to remove a brain tumour in the hope of...