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Steve Jones show (1989)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; Trailer
Mark Smith interviews guest on the Steve Jones show, Joan le Mesurier, widow of the late actor John le Mesurier, and partner of the late comedian Tony Hancock. The interview coincides with the paperback...
Search for Traveller boy with cancer (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Angus Moorat reports on the case of a young Irish Traveller boy, John Corcoran, who has been taken by his father from Mayday Hospital in Croydon, Surrey, prior to receiving cancer treatment. Police believe...
British teacher missing in France (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Andrew Clark, business partner of Mark Jones, whose wife Fiona Jones is missing in France. He says they’ve been disappointed with the response of both the French police and the British...
Steve Ovett on underhand cash payments to athletes (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British athlete Steve Ovett following claims by British Athletics officials he’s brought the sport into disrepute. The surprise statement pre-empts their own internal inquiry into...
Victor Cracknell freed after kidnapping (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Val Handley reports on the release of the kidnapped businessman Victor Cracknell on 18/08/89. Thirty-two year old Cracknell was under threat of death if his family didn’t pay a million pound ransom. But...
Police raid Exeter house in connection with Cracknell kidnap (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with eyewitness Joe Miling(?), following a raid on a house at Prospect Park in Exeter. Armed police raided the house in connection with the kidnapping of Surrey businessman Victor Cracknell. He’d...
Simon Cooper offers to take the place of his uncle Roger Cooper in Iranian jail (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
James Bays interviews 17-year-old Simon Cooper, nephew of jailed British businessman Roger Cooper, who has been held in Iran on spying charge since 12/85. His family have made a plea to the Iranian...
John Evans 112th birthday (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Ione(?) Stills(?) reports on one hundred and twelfth birthday celebrations for John Evans from Swansea. He is officially the world’s oldest man but despite being famous across the globe, ex-miner, John,...
Victor Cracknell freed after kidnapping (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Angus Moorat reports on the release of the kidnapped businessman, Victor Cracknell on 18/08/89. Thirty-two year old Cracknell was under threat of death if his family didn’t pay a million pound ransom. But...
Marchioness disaster-eyewitness account (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with male eyewitness (not identified) on the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger Bowbelle on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). 51 of the 130...