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Peace campaigner admits aiding Soviet spy to escape prison (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Gareth Furby reports on London antiques dealer and former CND campaigner Pat (Patrick) Pottle admitting to helping Soviet spy George Blake escape from prison in 1966. Interviews with Pat Pottle who says he...
US shoots down Libyan jets (1989)
- Genre
- Special
Sound actuality of US air force video of American F-14 pilots shooting down Libyan MIG-28’s over international waters.
The night is young (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Carol Allen talks on The Night is Young to Denzel Washington about acting in British films: mastering the accent; his role in For Queen and Country; what the themes of the film are; his other British film...
Appeal for UK man facing death penalty (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Gareth Furby interviews Clive Stafford Smith, lawyer for British man Nick Ingram who is facing the electric chair in Georgia, USA for murder during an armed robbery. On the appeal he is lodging for his...
Illustrated London News to change format (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Publisher Tony Price on the change of the Illustrated London News from a topical monthly to a quarterly glossy periodical. The topics they will cover; market aimed at; if the magazine could fold if the new...
Fake bombs test security at Kennedy airport (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Woodley reports on two French reporters placing fake bombs in luggage at Kennedy airport to test security, the bombs were found and the reporters arrested. Includes interview with an unimpressed airport...
Stay of execution for British man (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Clive Stafford Smith on the last-minute stay of execution for British man Nick Ingram facing the electric chair for murder during an armed robbery in Georgia, USA. Interviewer not identified.
US shoots down Libyan jets (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Kevin Murphy reports on incident in which Libyan planes supposedly acting with hostile intent were shot down by the US over international waters. Includes Pentagon spokesman Dan Howard defending US action...
House fire claims lives in Yorkshire (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Dee Marshall reports on the fire that claimed three young childrenâs lives in Yorkshire. Stuart Shackleton, fire chief, talks about the casualties and how the mother and one child survived. Also...
Czech footballers gain asylum in UK (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Israel reports on two Czech football players gaining asylum in the UK following a six-month escape plan through Western Europe. Includes interviews with Lubos, one of the footballers; Paul Dubsky,...