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Michael Randle and Pat Pottle on George Blake escape (1989)
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- Interview
Michael Randle and Pat (Patrick) Pottle talk about organising the escape in 1966 of convicted spy George Blake, why they did it, why they are talking about it now, and what they will do if they are charged....
Pop memorabilia auction (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Michael O’Neill reports on a pop memorabilia auction at Christie’s. Singer, Mary Wilson talks about selling John Lennon’s car, and the price it fetched; Boy George talks about buying some posters and...
Heysel Stadium disaster - Liverpool fan found guilty in Belgium (1989)
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- Interview
Gillian Evans, wife of Gary Evans, who has been found guilty at the Heysel Stadium disaster trial, talks about the outcome, how her husband has been made a scapegoat, and the quality of his legal advice....
Kenneth Clarke on Health Service reforms (1989)
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- Interview
Health Secretary, Kenneth Clarke on the decision by general practitioners not to go ahead with a mass resignation over health reforms. He says the Government would like to hold discussions with the BMA over...
LSE students elect Winston Silcott as Honorary President (1989)
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- Interview; News report
Hannah O’Sullivan reports on London School of Economics students’ decision to support convicted killer Winston Silcott and elect him Honorary President. Speakers: Amanda Hart, General Secretary of LSE...
John Cannan sentenced for murder of Shirley Banks (1989)
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- News report; Press conference
Chris Terry reports from Exeter Crown Court on the sentencing of Bristol businessman John Cannan: how he murdered Shirley Banks (08/10/87), his history of sex crimes, the judge’s summing up, and the jail...
Paul Kennedy on world powers (1989)
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- Interview
British historian and author, Professor Paul Kennedy talks to Lawrie(?) Douglas about why he thinks great powers lose their greatness, the impact his book, The Rise and Fall of Great Powers, has had in the...
Shirley Banks murder inquiry (1989)
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- Interview; News report
Kevin Mosley reports on the inquiry into Shirley Banks’s murder. Tony Harris, Shirley’s boss, talks about her not turning up for work. Diana Lamplugh, mother of missing Suzy Lamplugh, talks about helping...
Shirley Banks murder - John Cannan sentenced (1989)
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- News report; Press conference
Chris Terry reports on the sentencing of John Cannan, convicted of the murder of Shirley Banks and other violent sexual crimes. George Reynolds, Shirley’s father, talks about the media intrusion into the...
Derek de Lint on his films (1989)
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- Interview
Dutch actor Derek de Lint talks about his roles in the British film, Stealing Heaven, and the American film, The Unbearable Lightness of Being; Dutch films; other Dutch actors, and whether the Dutch can...