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Margaret Thatcher on ten years of Tory leadership (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a Downing Street press conference, marking ten years of Conservative leadership.
Monkseaton shootings (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Vox pop
Colleen(?) Cairns(?) reports on a mass shooting at Monkseaton, near Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, in which one man was killed and fourteen people injured. Speakers: eyewitness Jackie(?) Beattie(?);...
Thatcher and Kohl hold talks on nuclear weapons (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on talks between UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and West German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl on short-range nuclear weapons. Kohl, speaking via a translator, talks about how the...
Heysel Stadium disaster - Looking back (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the Heysel Stadium disaster. Includes Liverpool’s Radio City’s live coverage by Clive Tyldesley; John Davies(?) covers the aftermath. Other speakers: intensive care unit doctor, Luc(?)...
Screen - Dilys Powell (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with film critic Dilys Powell on her long career and favourite films. Male interviewer not identified.
Iran-Contra affair - Oliver North convicted (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Nick Peters reports on the conviction of former US marine, Colonel Oliver North over the Iran-Contra affair (Irangate), and the mania surrounding the scandal. North talks about his fight to clear his name....
Thatcher and Kinnock exchange words in Parliament (1989)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate
Parliamentary debate featuring Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and Labour leader, Neil Kinnock on the tenth anniversary of Thatcher’s election. Kinnock asks why Thatcher has failed to fulfil the promises...
Harrow police shooting (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
George Matheson reports on the shooting of three men, in two cases fatally, by police marksmen in Harrow. The men had attempted to rob Rayners Lane post office. Eyewitnesses Sarah Overcott and Paul Jugo...
Hereford Cathedral fundraising effort (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Michael O’Neill talks to the Very Reverend Peter Haynes, Dean of Hereford Cathedral, about the company Mappa Mundi plc, set up to raise money for the cathedral’s repair fund by selling shares in a...
Douglas Hurd rules out police reform (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Elena Curti reports on Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd ruling out any major structural changes to the police force, and his view that forces need to work together more and must collaborate further with European...