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Republican convention and Quayle controversy (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
The final day of the Republican convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the controversy over Senator Dan Quayle’s National Guard service during the Vietnam War. Speeches by presidential candidate George...
Conclusion of Vincennes accident report (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral William Crowe gives a statement about the report that followed the US Navy cruiser USS Vincennes’ shooting down civilian Iranian Air Flight 655. He admits...
UNITA leader, Jonas Savimbi on Angolan Civil War (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Tony Banks, senior reporter for Jane’s Defence Weekly, interviews Jonas Savimbi, an anti-communist rebel leader of UNITA, on the Angolan Civil War.
The night is young (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Carol Allen interviews Bridget Fonda on The Night is Young, about her new film, Shag, her family and the acting dynasty to which she belongs.
UN Secretary General on Geneva visit and Red Cross aid (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
United Nations Secretary General, Javier Perez de Cuellar, who will travel to Geneva to implement the UN ceasefire resolution in regard to the Iran-Iraq War, says the International Red Cross will help in the...
Ken Maginnis on 7 dead in Army bus bomb (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Kenneth Maginnis, on the bomb planted under an unmarked Army bus which killed 7 soldiers and injured 29 others as they returned from a charity fun run. Maginnis was one of...
Douglas Hogg on the relaxation of afternoon licensing (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Emma Udwin interviews Home Office Minister, Douglas Hogg about the relaxation of pub licensing laws which will result in the abolition of the compulsory closing hour during weekday afternoons.
Security meeting with Prime Minister following IRA bomb deaths (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Following a car bomb that killed 8 off-duty soldiers in Northern Ireland, a meeting of top-level security officials including UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and Northern Ireland Secretary, Tom King has...
Death of Chris Gittins (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Obituary
Chriss Gittins, who played Walter Gabriel in the Radio 4 soap opera, The Archers, died yesterday, aged 86. Report includes an archive recording of Gittins outside Buckingham Palace in 1984, after collecting...
Funeral of Pakistani President, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1988)
- Genre
- News report
The funeral of Pakistani President, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, at which US Secretary of State, George Shultz and UK Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe were in attendance. 500,000 people were also there to...