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HMS Hood survivor on the Bismarck as a war grave (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
One of the two remaining survivors of HMS Hood, sunk by the German warship Bismarck, says the wreck of the mammoth German vessel should be left where it lies. The Bismarck has been discovered by the US...
Foreign Secretary on Hong Kong and boat people (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe has strongly hinted that Hong Kong may be forced to turn back thousands of Vietnamese boat people unless urgent action is taken now. Sir Geoffrey has been telling the...
Metropolitan Police public relations (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
London’s top police officer has stoutly defended members of his force against accusations that they have become increasingly rude and unhelpful. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Peter Imbert told the...
Commissioner Imbert on freemasons in Metropolitan Police (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Peter Imbert, on allegations in a book entitled, Inside the Brotherhood, by Martin Short, that freemasons hold a disproportionate influence...
Military rule in Beijing (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Gareth Furby reports on the military crackdown in Beijing, where western journalists have been detained and questioned by the authorities. Meanwhile, the diplomatic standoff between China and the United...
Ray Cooney on theatre and farce (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Advertisement
Interview with actor, writer, producer, and founder of the Theatre of Comedy company, Ray Cooney about the continuing success of Run For Your Wife, the longest-running theatre comedy in London. He also talks...
Beijing arrests students; expels US journalists (1989)
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- News report
Gareth Furby reports from Beijing on the continuing military and political crackdown on dissidents. Comments on the arrest of Zhou Fengsuo, a 22 year-old physics student at Qinghua University in Beijing, who...
Jupiter cruise ship accident - Insurers’ deadline (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
James Bays reports on a two thousand pounds compensation offer by insurers, Norton Rose to passengers who were on board the Jupiter cruise ship which sank off Piraeus in Greece in 10/88. At a High Court...
Margaret Thatcher says she supports Lawson (1989)
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- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Des Fahy reports from Westminster on the alleged feud between Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her Chancellor, Nigel Lawson prior to polling day in the European elections. Includes excerpts from Prime...
Michael Moorcock on Mother London (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with writer, Michael Moorcock, primarily about his new novel, Mother London. The book follows three outpatients from a mental hospital who experience the history of the city from the Blitz to the...