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Finchley Conservatives vote for candidate (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Charlie Stayt reports on the vote in Margaret Thatcher’s Finchley constituency to replace the former Prime Minister as the Conservative candidate (and likely MP) following her decision to resign from the...
Heseltine on local government proposals (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Environment Secretary, Michael Heseltine, about proposals to streamline local government and attract high calibre councillors by moving towards executive style decision-making, reducing the...
European and Yugoslav leaders meet in peace talks (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with UK Foreign Minister, Douglas Hurd, following a meeting of European Community officials and Yugoslav federal leaders in an attempt to broker a ceasefire in the region. Male interviewer not...
Major urged to step up Kurdish aid (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference featuring a male Kurdish speaker (poss. the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Jalal Talabani) following a meeting with UK Prime Minister John Major in London. He thanks the PM and...
BR unveils new strategy, Future Rail (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the chairman of British Rail, Sir Bob (Robert Paul) Reid, about the unveiling of a ten-year plan, entitled Future Rail, which it is hoped will provide Britain with a railway network designed...
Bobby Charlton portrait unveiled (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the unveiling of a portrait, painted by Peter Edwards, of England and Manchester United footballer, Bobby Charlton, at the National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London. Includes comment by...
Bowbelle skipper trial jury fail to reach verdict (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press statement by Michael Caplan, solicitor for Douglas Henderson, captain of the Bowbelle dredger which collided with the pleasure boat, Marchioness, on the River Thames on 20/08/89 with the loss of 51...
Margaret Thatcher on Iraq on Kuwait TV (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an interview broadcast on Kuwaiti TV featuring former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher where she expresses her views on Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi regime following the end of the Gulf War...
US congressional committee hearing into BCCI scandal (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
North American correspondent Paul Woodley reports on a US congressional committee hearing into the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) following allegations by former congressional investigator...
BCCI embezzlement scandal (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a US congressional committee hearing into the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) following allegations by former congressional investigator Jack Blum that the company looted the third...