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Olympic torch arrives in Seoul (1988)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the carrying of the Olympic torch to city hall in North Korea. An unidentified male reporter describes the scenes as the torch is carried through the city of Seoul, the host city for the summer...
Cleo Laine on music and life (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Jazz singer Cleo Laine on the upcoming International All-music Awards at the Barbican at which she will be a guest artist and at which her husband John Dankworth and son Alec Dankworth’s trio will play;...
Hurricane Gilbert - Mexico and Texas evacuate (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
A state of alert has been declared in Mexico as Hurricane Gilbert approaches. In Texas, the National Guard has been placed on stand-by and those living in low-lying homes evacuated â includes vox pop...
Gibraltar shootings - Inquest (1988)
- Genre
- News report
Kevin Murphy reports from Gibraltar on the inquest into the killing of three IRA terrorists - Daniel McCann, Sean Savage and Mairead Farrell - who were shot dead by MI5 agents who believed they were about to...
Hurricane Gilbert strikes Jamaica (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Bob and Carol Redwood from Greenwich, London recount their experiences of Hurricane Gilbert, which struck Jamaica whilst they were on holiday - they say that once it had passed, there was looting. Female...
Edwina Currie dispenses advice to pensioners (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Health Minister, Edwina Currie offers advice to British pensioners, saying that they should get themselves woolly nightcaps to keep them warm this winter. The advice is not entirely well-received.
1988 Olympic Games opening ceremony (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Commentary and comment from the 1988 Olympic Games opening ceremony and lighting of the Olympic Flame in Seoul, South Korea. The Great Britain team is watched by John Anderson of IRN Sport - the athletics...
1988 Olympic Games - Gavin Bell interview (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Scotsman, Gavin Bell - who has been living in South Korea for the past year - speaks to Michael O’Neill about carrying the Olympic torch and about the effect of the Games on Korea, including the positive...
SDP Conference - David Owen on coalition (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Following the creation of the Social and Liberal Democrats (SLDP), the leader of the re-formed Social Democratic Party (SDP), Dr David Owen, makes a rallying address to his party at their conference in...
Sue Pollard interview (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Hi-De-Hi comedian and actress Su Pollard speaks to Steve Allen about her career and her new show, A Song a Frock and a Tinkle (at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London). She mentions Quentin Crisp, Dame...