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Dockers vote for strike (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with TGWU union leader Ron Todd about the possibility of dock workers taking strike action across the country, following the highest turnout ever at a union meeting. Seventy-four percent of the...
White House spokesman in Gorbachev insult row (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Nick Peters reports from Washington DC, where French President Francois Mitterrand has caused controversy by publicly rebuking US President, George H. W. Bush’s chief spokesman, Marlin Fitzwater, for...
National sleep out week (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
George Matheson reports on a campaign highlighting the crisis of homelessness, which has reached record levels in Britain. Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York launched the first ever national sleep-out week at...
Labour launches Euro manifesto (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Peter Spencer reports from Westminster where the Labour Party has launched its manifesto for the European elections on 15/06/89. At the launch party leader Neil Kinnock criticises Prime Minister Margaret...
Conservative Euro-election manifesto (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Spencer interviews UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, following the launch of the Conservative Party manifesto for the European elections on 15/06/89. She denies she’s an unwilling partner in the...
Judge criticises legal reforms (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Simon Bowden interviews Lord Ackner (Desmond Ackner), a Lord of Appeal, about Government plans to reform the legal profession. He warns there’ll be a drastic reduction in the number of small solicitors...
Douglas Hogg on crack visit (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Kevin Murphy interviews Home Office minister Douglas Hogg about a visit to Washington DC in the USA where he will tour areas blighted by the crack cocaine trade. Hogg will also visit a hospital unit treating...
Gregory Peck and Jane Fonda on Old Gringo (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Carol Allen reports from the Cannes Film Festival in France about the American film Old Gringo, starring Gregory Peck and Jane Fonda based on the life of Ambrose Bierce, American writer and journalist. Peck...
Riot following drugs raid in Wolverhampton (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tony Attwater reports on a riot in Wolverhampton which police believe may have been caused by rival drug dealers in the West Midlands. 20 people were arrested after a police raid on The Travellers Rest pub...
Sonia Sutcliffe receives record damages-lawyer interviewed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with lawyer Kerry McGill, on Britain’s largest jury award for libel damages following the award of £600,000 to his client Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, from...