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Helen Suzman on becoming a dame (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
James Bays interviews South African opposition leader, Helen Suzman, about being made an honourary dame by the UK Government because of her work in fostering relations between Britain and South Africa and...
Marchioness disaster-news bulletin on morning of disaster (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report
8.00 am news bulletin read by Richard Bath focusing on the Marchioness pleasure boat disaster earlier this morning (20/08/89) when 51 people drowned during a birthday party for merchant banker, Antonio de...
RUC Inner Circle investigation (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Colin Duncan reports from Belfast, where police are questioning an Irish News journalist, Terry McLaughlin, following reports that RUC officers have formed a secret group, called the Inner Circle, to wipe...
Labour conference (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on the 1989 Labour Party conference in Brighton where delegates voted on the new multilateral defence strategy and a new set of policies designed to widen the party’s electoral appeal...
Commonwealth Secretary-General election (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with former Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, on the contest to become the Commonwealth Secretary-General. The contest is between Fraser and Nigeria’s Chief Emeka Anyoku. He comments on...
Aquino rules out return of Marcos’s body (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Greg Larson reports from Manila in the Philippines where President Corazon (or Cory) Aquino is refusing to allow the body of former president, Ferdinand Marcos, to be returned to the country for burial....
Miss Saigon opens-Simon Bowman interview (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with actor, Simon Bowman, about his role as a young GI in the new musical, Miss Saigon, which has just opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. It tells the dramatic story of love and...
Arms talks in Wyoming (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Paul Woodley reports from Wyoming in the USA on arms talks between the Soviet Union’s Eduard Shevardnadze and the US and future summit. Includes excerpt from press conferences featuring US Secretary of...
Church leaders close unity gap (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
James Bays interviews the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie in Rome about the signing of a joint declaration with Pope John Paul II, which it’s hoped will pave the way towards unity between the...
Liver transplant for Aisling Barnett (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nicky Broyd reports on the case of Aisling Barnett from Hackney who has undergone a liver transplant operation at London’s King’s College Hospital. She suffered acute liver failure just five weeks after...