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Thatcher on leadership challenge (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Peter Spencer reports from Westminster where Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has opened her campaign to retain the leadership of the Conservative Party following the challenge from Sir Anthony Meyer, the...
Haemophiliacs with HIV awarded compensation payout (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Kevin Murphy interviews Danny Morgan from Sydenham in South London, one of a number of haemophiliacs who contracted the HIV virus after being injected with contaminated blood products to treat their...
Geoffrey Howe on Conservative Party leadership challenge (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Political correspondent Paul Rowley interviews Deputy Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Howe about the challenge to Margaret Thatcher by Sir Anthony Meyer for the leadership of the Conservative Party. Howe makes...
Prague celebrates Government resignation (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Nicky Broyd reports from Wenceslas Square in Prague where the people of Czechoslovakia have been celebrating after the resignation of the entire Communist Party leadership. The central party has appointed...
Margaret Thatcher on changes in Czechoslovakia (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Nick Peters interviews UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Washington DC, about the situation in Czechoslovakia where there have been celebrations in Prague after the resignation of the entire Communist...
Thatcher interview on CNN on NATO and Europe (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Ralph Begleiter (CNN) interviews UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on her visit to Camp David, where she is due for talks with US President George H. W. Bush, principally devoted to how the West should...
Richard Branson balloon attempt fails (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Julie Sedgwick interviews businessman Richard Branson about the failure of his record-breaking attempt to fly a balloon across the Pacific. He and co-pilot Per Lindstrand were just 45 minutes from take-off...
Jazzman Courtney Pine on new album (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British jazz saxophonist, Courtney Pine, following the release of his new album The Vision’s Tale. He turned to the work of Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer and other well known composers for...
Helen Sharman on Juno mission (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Science correspondent John Allen interviews Helen Sharman, 26-year-old technology researcher, about being selected for the Juno mission and possibly getting to go to the Mir space station as the first Briton...
Tim Mace on Juno mission (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Science correspomdent John Allen interviews pilot Tim Mace about being selected for the Juno mission and possibly getting to go to the Mir space station as the first Briton in space as part of the...