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Salman Rushdie fatwa (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Woodley reports on Salman Rushdie’s decision not to go on an American book promotion tour after having a price put on his head by Muslim leaders over the blasphemy to Islam in his book The Satanic...
Possible ban on electrical items on airlines (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Nick Peters talks to Transport Secretary Paul Channon about the possibility of banning electrical items in which explosives can be easily hidden from being carried on airlines following the Lockerbie bomb...
Hunger strike over Royal attendance of Emperor Hirohito funeral (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
70 year-old war veteran Andy Burgess on his hunger strike over Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attending the funeral of Emperor Hirohito in Japan because of Japanese treatment of prisoners of war in the...
Neil Kinnock attacks Tory green credentials (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Murphy reports on Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock’s speech at the local government conference in Southampton where he attacked the government’s hypocrisy over their green credentials and their...
IRA threat to army barracks (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Armed Forces Minister Archie Hamilton talks to John Alcock about the threat from the IRA to army barracks despite the increase in security since the Mill Hill explosion and how the security measures averted...
Attempted bombing of Tern Hill barracks (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Julie Benson reports on the IRA bombing of Tern Hill barracks in Shropshire where a sentry helped avoid casualties by raising the alarm. Residential Sergeant Major Bob Powell talks about the man who saved...
Memorial service for Kegworth victims (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Karen English reports on Margaret Thatcher attending the service for the victims of the Kegworth air crash in Belfast and the security blanket over the town as a result; and the other royal and political...
Thatcher meets with German Chancellor (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Paul Rowley reports on Margaret Thatcher’s press conference following meetings with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (with excerpts). Issues covered included concerted EEC response to Iran’s death...
Robert Kennedy assassinator breaks silence (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nick Peters looks back at the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy in 1968 and effect on American politics; and the background of Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee who did it and why. Sirhan’s...
Salman Rushdie affair affects Britons held in Iran (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP Nicholas Baker, a friend of Roger Cooper held in Iran for nearly 4 years on spying charges without trial, talks about the impact that Salman Rushdie’s book and the resulting fatwa has had...