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Norman Fowler discusses crackdown on dole cheats (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Employment Secretary Norman Fowler on the success of the campaign against dole fraud. He says it doesn’t mean the government’s resting on its laurels, in fact, he warns of an even greater vigilance to...
Runaway train crash on Staples Corner (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Eve Conway reports on this morning’s runaway train drama at Staples Corner in North London. It’s was thought that vandals may have released the brakes of the two engines, which crashed down from a...
British Rail privatisation proposal (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Eve Conway reports on a speech by Transport Secretary Paul Channon to the Centre for Policy Studies, a Tory think tank, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on options for privatisation of...
Gordon Wilson on the bombers who killed his daughter (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Gordon Wilson, whose daughter, Marie, was killed in the Enniskillen Remembrance day IRA bombing in 1987, as he receives the Man of the Year award. He says he forgives the bombers and comments...
Prince of Wales: A Vision of Britain (1988)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Vox pop
Excerpts from a television programme entitled HRH The Prince of Wales: A Vision of Britain, presented by Prince Charles, expressing his views on architecture.
Steve Jones show (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Steve Jones interviews singer-songwriter Al Stewart, coinciding with a new single and a UK tour. On his song, Year of the Cat, which was inspired by the death of Tony Hancock; his inspirations; living in the...
Sinn Fein broadcast ban (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with John Foster, NUJ, on the Government’s broadcasting band on members of Irish Republican organisations including Sinn Fein. Reporter not identified. For Update programme.
Multiple rapist Andrew Longmire jailed (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Detective Chief Superintendent Jim Paterson, Greater Manchester Police, following the sentence passed on Andrew Longmire from Manchester, jailed for life 11 times for a string of rapes and sex...
Early Christmas for terminal cancer sufferer (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with thirty-three-year-old mother of three, Denise Morse from Stoke-on-Trent, who is getting ready to hold a Christmas Day celebration on 28/10/88 because she’s been told she only has a few weeks...
National Trust hunting vote (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Michael O’Neill reports on a vote on blood-sports by the National Trust following a heated debate on a motion to ban it on their land put forward by Paul Sheldon of Bournemouth at the annual meeting in...