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National curriculum introduced (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified female government spokesperson on the introduction of a new National Curriculum which will test schoolchildren at key ages, and confirming those leaving school without a GCSE qualification will...
Inquest to open for Julie Ward (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
John Ward, father of British tourist Julie Ward who was killed whilst on safari in Kenya, welcoming the inquest into her death one year on, as the first step in the Kenyan authorities and police accepting...
Anticipated long distance balloon flight to Leningrad (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male, who is awaiting the necessary weather conditions to make a long distance balloon flight over an expected three days to Leningrad, Russia. Speaking of the anticipated relations with his...
Tilbury turns away cargo of toxic waste (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Tony Williams reports on the decision of port managers at Tilbury docks in Essex to refuse to unload a cargo of toxic waste. The ruling came after protests by Greenpeace activists. The Russian ship, the...
Belfast schoolboy killed by plastic bullet (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Derval Fitzsimons reports on the death of fifteen-year-old schoolboy, Seamus Duffy, who was killed by a plastic bullet in Belfast during a night of sporadic rioting which marked the eighteenth anniversary of...
Mike Gatting on rebel cricket tour (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Davina Payne reports from Cheltenham on the decision of Mike Gatting to captain the rebel England cricket XI which will tour South Africa. Two black players, Phillip DeFreitas and Roland Butcher, have...
Marvin Hamlisch on London concert (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Nicky Broyd interviews songwriter Marvin Hamlisch about his concert at the Barbican in London (11/08/89). He talks about the difference between American and British audiences.
Steve Ovett outburst at Commonwealth Games qualifier (1989)
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- News report; Interview
James Bays reports on an emotional outburst by athlete Steve Ovett at the end of the fifteen hundred metre Commonwealth Games qualifier in Birmingham. Ovett claims he was offered money for competing, unlike...
Tintin anniversary (1989)
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- Interview
Rodney Bennett interviews Jean-Manuel Duvivier, director of the foundation that looks after the estate of comic creator, Herge (real name, Georges Prosper Remi), about the sixtieth anniversary of the first...
Greenpeace spokesman on PCBs (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Greenpeace spokesman, Paul Horsman on the decision of port managers at Tilbury docks in Essex to refuse to unload a cargo of toxic waste. The ruling came after protests by Greenpeace...