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  • Buster Edwards on the film, Buster (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Buster Edwards (born Ronald Edwards) talks about the film, Buster, starring Phil Collins and Julie Walters, about the infamous train robbery which led him go on the run for three years. He denies any...

  • Child’s body found, presumed Tiffany Hoyles (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    It is believed that a young girl’s body, found in dense undergrowth in Blandford, Dorset, is that of missing 9 year-old Tiffany Hoyles. Volunteer searcher William Dennis and schoolmate of missing girl,...

  • Calls to ban UK forces number plates (1988)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Following the death of Regimental Sergeant Major Michael Heakin, his father Richard Heakin calls for the scrapping of UK forces car number plates. Michael Heakin had been identified by such plates and shot...

  • Ronald Reagan rallies support for George Bush (1988)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    US President, Ronald Reagan rallies support for his choice of Republican presidential candidate, Vice-President George Bush, at the Republican Party Convention in New Orleans. Interviews with Bush campaign...

  • Stirling Moss on the death of Enzo Ferrari (1988)

    Genre
    Interview; Tribute

    British Formula One racing driver Stirling Moss on the death of the founder of the Ferrari car manufacturing company, 90 year-old Enzo Ferrari. Female interviewer not identified.

  • George Bush accepts US presidential candidacy (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    George Bush addresses the Republican Party in New Orleans after accepting the nomination as presidential candidate. Craig Fuller, Bush’s Chief of Staff, and vice-presidential running mate James Danforth...

  • Steve Jones show (1988)

    Genre
    Interview; News bulletin; Advertisement; Jingle

    Steve Jones talks to 24 year-old Bonita Melody Lysette (Bonnie) Langford about her life in theatre, film and television - notably, Just William and the current show, Me and My Girl. Clip includes news...

  • Kenneth Baker on maths and science in British schools (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Murphy interviews Education Secretary, Kenneth Baker about two reports by Duncan Graham and Professor Thompson regarding the performance of British schoolchildren in maths and science subjects compared...

  • The night is young (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    The Night is Young. Bill Bingham interviews singer Engelbert Humperdinck (born Arnold George Dorsey) about his new album, the songwriters Albert Hammond, Barry Mann and Artie Butler, and his new tour in the...

  • Edwina Currie on nurses’ strikes and pay (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Spencer interviews junior health minister Edwina Currie on Health Secretary, Kenneth Clarke’s statement about strike action involving members of the Confederation of Health Service Employees (COHSE)...