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Howard on water privatisation (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Environment Minister Michael Howard, on likely customer water price rises following privatisation of the industry in 1989. The Government today limited the companies to a maximum average...
Water privatisation row (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Oni Bhattacharya reports on controversy over the Government plans for privatisation of the water industry with water charges possibly rising by around 13 percent and the companies getting a so-called green...
Steve Jones show (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Steve Jones interviews guest BBC golf commentator, Peter Alliss, coinciding with the publication of his book, The Best of Golf. He talks about the recent performance of Sandy Lyle, European hopes in the...
Queen Mother portrait (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Simon Bowden interviews artist Alison Watt, about her new portrait of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, which is due to be unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in London coinciding with the Queen...
Queen Mother’s birthday (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Simon Bowden reports on Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother’s eighty-ninth birthday. Includes bagpipe music; interviews with Grace Crook, Royal Britain Exhibition; Anthony Holden, royal biographer; members...
Hurd on crack campaign (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Home Secretary Douglas Hurd, on Government proposals to fight the spread of crack, the deadly cocaine-based drug. Hurd says the Government will be embarking on an intensive campaign in local...
Drug gangs move into rural US states (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on a new survey conducted by the US government which shows that America is losing the war against drugs war. The drugs scourge, as President George Bush describes it, has spread out of...
Beatles recordings auctioned (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Clive Myrie reports on an auction of tapes of The Beatles at Sotheby’s in London. The recordings consisted of the group singing in hotel rooms and in the back of their car and belong to their former...
Man dies in Paddington bomb blast (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Bowden reports on a bomb blast and resulting fire at the Beverley House Hotel in Sussex Gardens, Paddington, London, where a man died. Detectives believe the man who died was a terrorist involved in an...
Man dies in Paddington bomb blast (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Oni Bhattacharya reports on a bomb blast and resulting fire at the Beverley House Hotel in Sussex Gardens, Paddington, London, where a man died. Detectives believe the man who died was a terrorist involved...