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Mike Gatting receives OBE from the Queen (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Lisa Hampele interviews Mike Gatting after his visit to Buckingham Palace to collect his OBE from the Queen with his wife and son Andrew. He explains he had to put off collecting the honour twice due to...
Clergy call for end to Gulf hostilities (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
James Bays reports from Canterbury on an emergency motion passed at the Lambeth Conference calling for an end to hostilities between Iraq and Iran. Includes speech by Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie...
IRA bomb Inglis army barracks (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
John Alcock reports from the Inglis army barracks, London, where a bomb was detonated last night, killing one man. The bomb is believed to be an IRA device. Locals Gerry(?) Garfield, Christopher Lawson and...
Margaret Thatcher talks to Australian children on school radio (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Phone-in
Margaret Thatcher is on a visit to Australia. Here she takes questions at Alice Springs over the School of the Air Radio from Australian children (children not heard), which include an enquiry about pets,...
Steve Jones show (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Advertisement
Steve Jones interviews special guest Cynthia Payne, infamous party hostess who made the headlines after being accused of being a madam and running a brothel in Streatham, South West London. She talk about a...
Ronald Reagan aims jibe at Dukakis (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference
President Ronald Reagan speaking to press in the run up to the next presidential election, aims a jibe at Democratic Party candidate Michael Dukakis after his refusal to make his medical records public, amid...
Winnie Mandela’s home burnt down (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The home of black South African leader Winnie Mandela has been burnt down by a mob of black youths, she wasn’t at home. It appears the arson was the result of a feud between rival gangs of teenagers....
Howard Marks held on drug smuggling charges in Majorca (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Michael O’Neill reports from Majorca on Howard Marks, an ex- drug smuggler, being held by the authorities prior to extradition to the USA after a series of raids across the world on Monday to break a...
Paddy Ashdown elected leader of Liberals (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Paddy Ashdown, the newly elected leader of the Social and Liberal Democrats. Ashdown claims the party will now be unified, and will move forward, and he will perform his role well. Female...
Leon Brittan appointed as new EC commissioner (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Rowley interviews Leon Brittan, who has been appointed as one of Britain’s new commissioners to the European Community. His appointment brought angry scenes to Parliament with Labour MPs calling the...