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Computer sieze unlocks drug dealer assets (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Chief Customs Investigation Officer Douglas Tweddle tells George Matheson how his Customs and Excise team were able to crack the computer code of London drug dealer Ronald French giving them access to his...
Trial of accused spy (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Tim Crook reports on the trial coming to an end of a man calling himself Irwin van Haarlem(?), accused of operating as a spy in Britain for Czech intelligence and aiding Soviet refuseniks. He has pleaded not...
Parkinson’s disease benefit (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Playwright Richard Hope-Hawkins speaks to Eleanor Parkinson for the AM programme on a benefit to be launched at Pineapple Studios in London to help actor Terry Thomas, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease,...
Salaman Rushdie death threat leads to record book sales (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Demand is outstripping supply of Salman Rushdieâs controversial novel The Satanic Verses following issuing of the death threat. Oni Bhattacharya? speaks to 2 booksellers (not identified) who comment on...
Duke of Edinburgh makes speech on environmental issues to Britain’s scientists (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Oni Bhattacharya reports on a speech to British scientists by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on the need to take action on environmental issues, fossil fuels and the exploitation of the forests and oceans...
John Tower unlikely to succeed in Defense Secretary bid (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Former senator John Tower looks unlikely to succeed in his bid to be US President George H.W. Bush’s Defense Secretary following rumours over his drinking, womanising and a closeness to the defence...
Report blasts Kenneth Clarke and Edwina Currie over salmonella fiasco (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Health Secretary Kenneth Clarke and his former junior minister Edwina Currie have been criticised by an all-party commons committee report over their roles in the salmonella-infected eggs fiasco, Peter...
Concorde 20th birthday celebrations in France (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Eleanor Parkinson reports from Toulouse on the celebrations marking the 20th birthday of Concorde, the world’s first and only commercial super-sonic plane in Toulouse, France and plans for a successor....
Bobby McFerrin Grammy acceptance speech (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Jazz and reggae influenced musician Bobby McFerrin makes his acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles for his acapella hit Donât Worry Be Happy. It won three awards. McFerrin thanks manager...
PM Thatcher ruled out legal ban of CFC’s for the time being (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
George Matheson reports from the Saving the Ozone Layer conference in London on a speech by UK PM Margaret Thatcher (excerpt heard) ruling out a legal ban on use of ozone-destroying CFCs and callin on...