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Afghan-Pakistani relations unaffected by death of president (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
John Alcock interviews Vice-President of the Afghan Alliance, Dr Zabiullah Mujadidi, at the funeral of Pakistani President, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He says he expects Pakistani-Afghan relations to be unaffected...
Margaret Thatcher’s first public comments on Army bus bombing (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher gives her first public comments on the bombing of a bus carrying British servicemen in Northern Ireland in which eight soldiers died. 18 year-old Mark Norsworthy, one of the...
Ian Paisley on Northern Irish border controls (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
The Reverend Ian Paisley speaks about the borders of Northern Ireland being pulled back and barricaded for up to 12 miles from the actual border due to IRA activity. No Royal Ulster Constabulary police car...
Tom King visits bus bombing survivors (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Tom King visits the surviviors of an IRA bombing that killed 8 soldiers in County Tyrone. Peter Russell reports. Audio muffled.
Tom King visits injured soldiers in Northern Ireland (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference
Northern Ireland Secretary, Tom King speaks to reporters as he visits injured soldiers in Northern Ireland following the bombing of an Army bus which killed 8 British soldiers.
First woman to swim North Channel (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
David Stokes interviews 23 year-old City money dealer, Alison Streeter, the first woman to swim the notorious North Channel between County Down, Northern Ireland and Port Patrick, Scotland. She broke IRN...
Seb Coe wild card Olympic entry (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Plans by the International Olympic Committee for two-time Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Coe to be entered into the Summer Olympics in Seoul as a wild card have been met with doubt from other athletes....
John Harwood on deadly seal virus (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with John Harwood, Head of Cambridge University’s Sea Mammal Research Unit, about the outbreak of a deadly virus that has killed thousands of seals in Scandinavia and Germany and in the UK....
Death of Sir Frederick Ashton (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute
Unidentified female speaker on her memories of Sir Frederick Ashton, the international dancer and choreographer, who has died at his home in Suffolk (18/10/88). Sir Frederick was founder choreographer of the...
Steve Jones show (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
British actor David Yip speaks about his career and overcoming stereotypical roles offered to actors of oriental origin. Born to a Chinese father and British mother, he discusses how Chinese communities...