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Tommy Trinder tribute (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Tommy Trinder, British comedian, has died at the age of 80. A veteran of the music hall, he also made it on TV becoming first compere of the Sunday Night at the London Palladium programme, and later hosting...
Debit card use tracking killer in Wales (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Andrew Armitage reports on the hunt for the killer of Peter and Gwenda Dixon in West Wales. Includes Detective Chief Inspector Clive Jones speaking to press on keeping the bank account topped up so that the...
UDF delegation call for Thatcher to apply sanctions to South Africa (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Des Fahy reports on a delegation from the South African UDF meeting UK PM Margaret Thatcher yesterday to call for sanctions to be applied to South Africa. The delegation included Albertina Sisulu, wife of...
Battered baby inquiry (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Margaret Shiels reports on the inquiry report into the abuse and battering to death of baby Doreen Mason by her mother Christine Mason and boyfriend Roy Aston. Social worker Gillian Langford and Southwark,...
Applicants to be first British astronaut (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Matthews reports on the applications received to be the first Briton in space on a joint UK-USSR mission to Mir space station. Includes Wendy Hamilton, Recruitment consultant on some of the unsuitable...
Champs Elysee parade to celebrate bicentennial of French Revolution (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Marshall outlines a £10million parade down the Champs Elysees planned by Jean-Paul Goude (includes interview with him). The parade is to mark the bicentennial of the French Revolution. Opera singer...
David Waite on his autobiography (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
David Waite (brother of Terry Waite) talks about his autobiography One Step at a Time which includes parts on the ordeals of the families of hostages and on Terry’s childhood as his brother. He is still...
Laurence Olivier funeral (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
The Reverend Peter Birch, the vicar who is conducting Laurence Olivier’s funeral services this afternoon pays tribute to the actor. Lord Olivier is being cremated after the funeral in his local village...
This Week (1989)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Parliamentary debate; Speech
This Week in association with Thames Television reports on the activities, police findings and political reaction to Father Patrick Ryan, an Irish Catholic priest and alleged terrorist who after escaping...
Sony radio awards (Pt 1) (1989)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; News report; Speech
John Davies(?) presents coverage of the Sony radio awards ceremony (24/04/89) at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, compered by Michael Aspel in which independent radio won many of the awards. Includes...