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Getting rid of apartheid (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a British bishop (not identified) on apartheid in South Africa, black violence, action since the release of Nelson Mandela and expressing hopes he will live to see the end of apartheid. He is...
British prisoner Douglas Brand released from Iraq (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the release of Briton Douglas Brand, an engineer and former SBS operative, captured and held in an Iraqi prison for 9 months on espionage charges alongside fellow Briton Ian Richter, after the...
Berlin voted in as German capital city (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Report on the decision to make Berlin the capital of a reunited Germany, over Bonn. Car horns heard. Local Berliners give their reaction to the victory, which was put to a vote amongst the German people....
British armed forces praised after Gulf victory (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Part of speech (by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales?) at the Guildhall, London to Prime Minister John major, Lord Mayor and other guests, commending the actions of the British armed forces and their families...
Fire kills mother and children in Ayrshire (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a house fire in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire in which a mother and five of her children perished (Juanita Dunlop, 27, and Diane, 11, Laura, 10, Leanne(?), 8, Stephen,6, James, 5). Andrew,3, was saved by...
Salary rises for privatised industry chiefs (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the controversy caused by pay rises to industry chiefs after privatisation, and the reaction from politicians. Deputy Labour leader Roy Hattersley and Prime Minister John Major debate the matter in...
Grant maintained schools policy (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on schools opting out of being funded by the local education authority, more commonly named grant maintained schools. Criticising the Conservative Government policy and saying it is a failure. Male...
Norman Schwarzkopf memoirs (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Paul Woodley reports from New York for LBC Newstalk 97.3 on the publication of General Norman Schwarzkopf’s memoirs (to come out next year) and the victory by Bantam publishing who won the bidding war for...
Luxembourg EC summit (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the Luxembourg EC summit which discussed tasks related to enlargement of the community, with speeches from French President Francois Mitterrand, through an interpreter, and British Prime Minister...
Man jailed for non payment of poll tax (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
An unidentified male speaker on his imprisonment for his refusal to pay the poll tax (community charge), what it was like in prison, and his reasons for evading the taxation. Male reporter not identified.