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Harold Pinter receives literary award (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Brian Ging reporting on the award of the David Cohen Prize for British Literature to playwright and writer Harold Pinter. Includes reaction at the ceremony from Salman Rushdie; Pinter himself; Heritage...
Fiftieth anniversary of VE Day (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Alison Hodgkins reporting on the opening of the London at War exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of VE Day. Includes archive speech by then Prime Minister, Winston...
Clinton and Gerry Adams meet (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Marks reporting from Washington on the brief meeting between US President Bill Clinton and Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams. Interviews with Adams on having commended Clinton for his engagement in the...
Ronnie Kray dies (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Following the death of East End gangland killer Ronnie Kray, who had been serving a life sentence in Broadmoor Hospital, ex-convict John McVicar, author of a book on the Kray twins speaks of Ronnie’s...
Barbara Windsor on death of Ronnie Kray (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Actress Barbara Windsor on her sadness at the death of East End gangland killer Ronnie Kray, who had been serving a life sentence in Broadmoor Hospital; her friendship with the Kray twins, and being unaware...
Charlie Kray on gangland brothers Ronnie and Reggie (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Charlie Kray, brother of the East End gangland killers, the Kray twins, speaking in 1976. On Reggie not being responsible for the murder of Jack McVitie and on Ronnie having been changed by the drugs...
Funeral of Violet Kray, mother of the Kray twins (1995)
- Genre
- Vox pop
Archive recording from 1982 at the funeral of Violet Kray, mother of the East End gangland killers the Kray twins. Members of the community speak in support of Violet for standing by her sons, and in favour...
Ronnie Kray dies (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary; Vox pop
Dominic Waghorn looks back at the criminal career of the East End gangland criminals the Kray twins and their subsequent transformation into folk heroes. The report follows the death of Ronnie Kray, who had...
Attempt to oust David Mellor (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Jeff Collins reports on the constituency attempt to oust David Mellor as MP for Putney following revelations of his extra-marital affairs and controversy over his outside interests. Includes Putney...
Betty Boothroyd becoming Chancellor of the Open University (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Ed Boyle reporting on Betty Boothroyd being appointed Chancellor of the Open University, in addition to her existing responsibilities as a formidable Speaker of the House of Commons. With archive cuts of...