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Girl, 9, dies after sniffing lighter fuel (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Vanessa Black reports on the death in Bristol of nine-year-old Sally Hodge, who died after sniffing lighter fuel. Includes interview with Zena(?) Pyle(?), neighbour; Peter Evans, Community Police Officer.
Patrick Ryan affair (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
John Alcock reports on a crisis cabinet meeting called by Irish Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, to discuss British demands for the extradition of IRA suspect, Patrick Ryan. The British Government is furious that...
Interview with Michael Foot on pit closures (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Rowley interviews former Labour Party leader, Michael Foot, about the announcement of a further fourteen hundred redundancies in the South Wales coalfields. British Coal management say the Marine pit in...
Nigel Lawson faces critics in Commons (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Paul Rowley reports on a parliamentary debate during which UK Chancellor Nigel Lawson faced up to his critics in the wake of Britain’s trade deficit hitting record levels, high interest rates, and rising...
Anna Humphries murder (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nick Hull reports on the search for the killer of murdered schoolgirl, Anna Humphries. Her body was found in the River Severn around Bridgnorth in Shropshire and now two detectives are returning home from...
Picasso sale at Christie’s (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Special
Kevin Murphy reports on the auction of a Picasso painting, Acrobat and Young Harlequin, which has gone under the hammer for nearly twenty-one million pounds at Christie’s auction house in London. The...
Judge Cassel on child abuse verdict (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Sir Harold Cassel QC, following his decision to sentence a policeman to two years probation for a sexual assault on his 12-year-old step-daughter, because he was denied sex with his pregnant...
Mother on Judge Cassel child abuse verdict (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the mother of a 12-year-old girl who was abused by her step-father, following the decision of Sir Harold Cassel QC to sentence the defendant to two years probation, because he had been denied...
Hostage crisis in London (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Recording of a friend (not identified) of gunman, Metal Mickey, who took a man hostage at gunpoint in the West End of London. The friend shouts through a megaphone for Mickey to give himself up.
Eyewitness on Metal Mickey hostage crisis (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Vox pop
Interview with eyewitness, Edmund Hall on an incident in the West End of London when a gunman seized a man and held him hostage in the street. The gunman was identified as Metal Mickey of no fixed abode....