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Margot Fonteyn at charity gala (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Britain’s greatest prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn returned to Covent Garden last night for a royal charity gala in her honour. It included the ballet Romeo and Juliet which she made famous, this...
Gorbachev in USA for summit (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Speech
Nick Peters reports from Washington on the visit of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for a 3 day summit and his comments in Canada prior to his arrival criticising the USA attitude to unity in Germany and...
David Curry on British beef boycott (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Agriculture Minister David Curry talks to Paul Rowley about the French delaying lifting a boycott on British beef following a European Commission ruling it is safe. He says they are protecting their trade...
French minister on British beef boycott (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
French agriculture minister Dominic Barbin admits if the European Commission had made an order rather than just a recommendation that France lift a boycott on British beef over BSE fears they would have...
Thatcher on Childline (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Margaret Shiels reports on a visit to Childline headquarters by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her subsequent appeal for funds and volunteers to help run the child abuse helpline during a press...
Crisis in Britain’s jails (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
The chairman of the Prison Officers Association has strongly criticised the government and senior prison officials over Britain’s troubled jails. In a speech at the association’s annual conference in...
Shellfish scare on Britain’s coast (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
People have been warned not to eat some shellfish caught off the North East coast of Britain, after potentially deadly algae were discovered in crabs and mussels. Eric Edwards, director of the Shellfish...
David Owen wraps up the SDP (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on the vote to wind up the SDP after a dramatic collapse in public support and looks back at its formation and achievements. Includes speech by Roy Jenkins, as the party was founded;...
SDP collapses (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Paddy Ashdown, leader of the Liberal Denmocrats comments on the breakup of the SDP. Austin Mitchell and an unidentified male interviewer quiz Ashdown on the future for the Liberals; if he will end up...
Gorbachev says Cold War now over (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
President Mikhail Gorbachev speaks as he ends a tour of Canada and the USA including a summit in the USA (through interpreter) saying that the Cold War is over and we are now entering a period of peace.