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Virus threat to seal population (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Deeley interviews Mark Simmonds from Greenpeace about a mystery virus which is killing seals and is threatening to spread to dolphins, grey seals and harbour porpoises all around the UK coastline....
Virus threat to seal population (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
David Hughes interviews Tony Eden, RSPCA Chief inspector for the Norfolk and Suffolk area, on a mystery virus which is killing seals and is threatening to spread to dolphins, grey seals and harbour porpoises...
P. W. Botha visits Crossroads township (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Bill Prince reports on a visit by South African president, P. W. Botha, to the sprawling Crossroads township outside Capetown, to open a new job training centre aimed at cutting black unemployment in the...
Ramstein air show disaster (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
George Matheson reports on an accident at a West German air show at the US Ramstein Air Base near Kaiserslautern, in which 67 spectators and 3 pilots died and 346 spectators sustained serious injuries in the...
Peter Greenaway on Drowning by Numbers (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Carol Allen interviews British film director, Peter Greenaway about his new film, Drowning by Numbers. The film is a clever mixture of visual and literary puns, but as Peter Greenaway explains, there is a...
Dan Honley on safety at air shows (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Dan Honley, Deputy Director of the Society of British Aerospace Companies who are responsible for air safety at the Farnborough Air Show. He speaks on air safety following the air show...
Ken Maginnis on Ballygawley bus bomb (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Richard Dallyn interviews Unionist MP, Ken Maginnis, about an IRA bomb attack which killed eight soldiers at Curr, near Ballygawley. The landmine exploded under an army bus taking them back to barracks after...
Notting Hill Carnival most peaceful for years (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Linda Duffin reports on the Notting Hill Carnival in London. The event in 1988 is being hailed as the most peaceful for years; crime was down by ninety per cent on last year, and the violence which marred...
Eve Boswell on life and times (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Mark Smith interviews singer, Eve Boswell about her life and times after fifty years in show business. She also talks about vocal techniques and her influences. In 3 parts.
Alan Tuffin on Post Office strike (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with leader of the Union of Communication Workers, Alan Tuffin, on a national strike by Post Office workers â the first in seventeen years. The dispute centres on a bonus payment to new...