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Nicholas Ridley on compensating Barlow Clowes investors (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Trade and Industry Secretary, Nicholas Ridley on the Government’s decision to compensate investors in Barlow Clowes. Female interviewer not identified.
Barry Wilcock on escaping from Timisoara (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
British lorry driver Barry Wilcock talks about his experience in Timisoara, Romania, during the violent demonstrations against President Ceausescu. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Gareth Furby).
UK rights of abode for Hong Kong households (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Rosanna(?) Tam, Nationality Committee of the Hong Kong Government, on UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurdâs announcement on rights of abode for fifty thousand heads of Hong Kong households.
Cecil Parkinson on rail subsidy cuts (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson has announced cuts in the subsidies to be given to British Rail in 1992/93. He talks to Des Fahy about the cuts, how increased revenue has resulted from an increase in...
Hunt under way for sender of US parcel bombs (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Woodley reports on the hunt for the sender of a series of parcel bombs in the USA. William Sessions, head of the FBI, discusses the possibility of a racial motive; Laura Blackburn, National Association...
Gareth Furby reports on Romanian revolution (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Gareth Furby reports on the Romanian revolution: the troops retreating, the chanting for President Nicolae Ceausescu to resign, the curfew, and the fate of detained human rights organiser, Laszlo Tokes.
John McCarthy advertisements banned by IBA (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nigel Dearing reports on the Christmas-time advertisements made by the Friends of John McCarthy, a British journalist being held hostage in the Lebanon, and why they have been banned by the Independent...
Gareth Furby reports on Romanian revolution (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
As many as four thousand people may have been killed in Romania since the weekend, when demonstrations began against the twenty-four -year-old regime of Nicolae Ceausescu. Gareth Furby reports from the...
Nick Peters reports on US invasion of Panama (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Speech
Nick Peters reports from Washington, on the ongoing US invasion of Panama. Includes President George Bush’s spokesman, Marlin Fitzwater, announcing the deployment of troops in Panama to protect American...
Reaction in Hong Kong to UK settlement announcement (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; News bulletin
Michael O’Neill reports from Hong Kong on local reaction to UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd’s scheme whereby 50,000 people in Hong Kong will be granted the right to settle in Britain (before 1997?)....