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Exxon Valdez disaster (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on the Exxon Valdez tanker oil spill in Alaska- how pilot Frank Cousins was not authorised to steer the ship, captain Joe Hazelwood being relieved of his duty and not on deck when the...
Explosion in vehicle carrying explosives (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on an explosion in a van carrying explosives in Peterborough that killed a fireman and injured 80 people, there was no warning on the van about what it was carrying. Interviews with Frank Murray,...
Mike Reid on his pub (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with actor and comedian Mike Reid about his buying a pub in Essex: why he bought it, whether his experience as a character (Frank Butcher) in television soap EastEnders will help, who will be...
London traffic problems (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Julie Benson reports on travel in London. With truck driver Billy Rapaccole(?) on the congestion; Steven Haker, chairman of the CBI taskforce set up to combat traffic problems, on how trains are too...
Piper Alpha oil platform destroyed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Occidental Petroleum spokesman Alex Blake-Milton on the demolition of the Piper Alpha oil platform: why they chose to detonate earlier than planned, how the demolition went, relief at its finally having...
Howard Marks, prison sentence (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Simon Israel reports on Howard Marks and his alleged drug smuggling prowess. Marks speaks from a Spanish prison about how he stopped smuggling many years ago, and how he would do anything to have his wife...
Harrods affair - Government reaction (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on the Government’s reaction to the Harrods affair: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s growing concern over how Mohamed Al-Fayed acquired Harrods over the Lonrho group; the leaking...
Margaret Thatcher visits Southern Africa (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Sean Johnson reports on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s visit to Southern Africa: how it is being monitored in South Africa; the support of Thatcher by the government-funded South African Broadcasting...
Margaret Thatcher on South Africa (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on apartheid in South Africa: how it is an obstacle to economic growth; how we must acknowledge change; how isolating South Africa through the imposition of sanctions will...
Margaret Thatcher in Malawi (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on Margaret Thatcher’s visit to Malawi: how it is the first by a British prime minister for 25 years; the number of refugees in the country; how Thatcher handed out blankets to...