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Fifth Cambridge spy revealed (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Ted Leadbitter - responsible for exposing Anthony Blunt, the fourth member of the Cambridge Five group of spies who passed information to the Soviet Union in the Second World War - calls for the...
Thatcher on Europe, socialism and freedom (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher closing speech (excerpt) to the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth on Europe, the death of socialism, and pledges to uphold the principles of freedom â met...
Conservative conference - Thatcher speech (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher closes the 1990 Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth with a wide-ranging speech that receives a nine minute standing ovation (ovation not heard). She pays tribute to...
Leonard Bernstein dies (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
American correspondent Paul Woodley reports on the death of Leonard Bernstein, conductor and composer of symphonies and musicals, in New York at the age of 72. Includes archive interview with Bernstein;...
Exchange rate mechanism debate (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Peter Murphy reports on the first day of the new session in Parliament with speeches from Chancellor John Major on the buoyant economy; Shadow Chancellor John Smith questioning him over why the government...
Girl raped in hospital (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Jackie Barron reports on the rape of an 11-year-old girl at the St Helier Hospital in Carshalton, Surrey. Detective Superintendent Bill Lavers describes the incident and the police inquiry and appeals for...
A.S. Byatt wins Booker prize (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
A.S. Byatt on winning the Booker prize for her Victorian romance novel, Possession, the positive aspects of the award for fiction, the effect of the end of the Net Book Agreement and her next projects....
British wives safe to visit husbands in Iraq (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Exclusive IRN interview with the Iraqi ambassador in London, Dr Azmi Shafiq Al-Salihi, who says British women who visit their husbands in Baghdad will be perfectly safe and will be free to leave whenever...
USA stubborn stance on Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Washington correspondent Nick Peters reports for LBC Newstalk Breakfast on US frustration over the situation in the Persian Gulf and drop in opinion polls for George Bush. US Defence Secretary James Baker...
Hurd on talks in Israel (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Defence correspondent Paul Maurice talks to Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd about his meetings with the Israeli Prime Minister to persuade the Israeli government to co-operate with a UN investigation into the...