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  • Relatives pay tribute to victims of Lockerbie (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Robin Bulloch reports from Lockerbie where British and American relatives of those who died in the Lockerbie disaster gathered for a memorial service after a series of meetings with UK officials...

  • Prince Charles on architecture (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Camilla Affleck reports on the publication of A Vision of Britain, by Prince Charles (Prince of Wales). The book attacks modern architects and architecture and calls for a return to traditional building...

  • Stephen Faldo, Marchioness skipper, funeral (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Camilla Affleck reports on the funeral of Captain Stephen Faldo, who died when his boat, the Marchioness collided with a Thames sand-dredger called the Bowbelle. Over 300 people crowded into the south chapel...

  • WW2 anniversary-evacuees’ reunite (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; Music

    Rodney Bennett interviews three women (not identified) about their experiences of being evacuated as a child at the beginning of the Second World War. The interview coincides with the anniversary of the...

  • TUC conference (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    James Matthews reports on the TUC conference where president Tony Christopher warned Britain’s trade unionists that the Government will try to destroy them before the next election. He emphasised the need...

  • Queen’s speech at IPU conference (1989)

    Genre
    Speech

    Opening speech by Queen Elizabeth II at an international conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union at the Royal Gallery at Westminster saying a priority of the IPU is peaceful conflict resolution. The...

  • Peter Topping on Hindley legal case (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with former Detective Chief Superintendent Peter Topping, who led the reopened inquiry into the Moors murders. He denies that he is cashing in on Myra Hindleys’s confessions following reports...

  • Prince envisages scheme for voluntary work (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on a speech by Prince Charles (Prince of Wales) in Scotland where he outlined plans for a for a national voluntary scheme involving young people carrying out projects to improve life in their local...

  • Kinnock in Dublin car crash (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; Press conference

    James Bays reports on a car accident involving Labour Party leader, Neil Kinnock and his wife, Glenys Kinnock. Both escaped major injury after their chauffeur, Tom Conlon, collapsed and died at the wheel...

  • Norman Willis on strike legislation (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with TUC General Secretary, Norman Willis, before the annual conference in Blackpool. He talks about the possibility of further Government legislation to control strikes, and prevent the kind of...