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  • Tahitian protests over French nuclear testing (1995)

    Genre
    News report

    Houses and hotels are being evacuated in the capital of Tahiti during violent protests against France’s recent nuclear test in the Pacific. Buildings have been torched and shops looted in Papeete....

  • Rushdie talks in London (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop

    Robert Allen reports on a talk entitled Writers Against the State in Westminster Hall. The surprise speaker caused shock, as it was the author Salman Rushdie. His controversial book, The Satanic Verses has...

  • Tahiti reaction to French nuclear testing (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    There are fresh appeals for calm on the Pacific Island of Tahiti following two days of rioting over France’s massive nuclear test. Leader of Tahiti’s independence movement Oscar Temaru says France is to...

  • Tahiti reaction to French nuclear testing in the South Pacific (1995)

    Genre
    News report

    An uneasy calm has now settled on the capital of Tahiti following a plea from the French High Commissioner. The unrest was sparked by France’s nuclear test at the Muraroa Atoll. Reuters’ Harriet Fear...

  • Ian Botham autobiography (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Part 1 of an interview of former England and Somerset cricketing all-rounder Ian Botham, by reporter Tony Lockwood. On his new bestselling biography and career in cricket.

  • Ian Botham autobiography (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Part 2 of an interview of former England and Somerset cricketing all-rounder Ian Botham, by reporter Tony Lockwood. On his new bestselling biography and career in cricket and cricket in general.

  • French views on nuclear tests (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    Nick Wood reports from Paris on French views on their nuclear testing in the Pacific. Opinions on the test and President Jacques Chirac are divided. Speaks to CND spokesman at a demonstration; Foreign...

  • Train fire near Maidenhead (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Robert Allen reports after one man was killed after a train caught fire three miles outside Maidenhead Station in Berkshire. Passenger Nyef Abu Zayney describes the scene; Knowles Mitchell spokesman for...

  • Trimble calls for the disbanding of private armies (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Ulster unionist leader David Trimble on peace process in Northern Ireland says there will not be an end to violence until private armies are disbanded. Interviewer not heard.

  • David Trimble wins election (1995)

    Genre
    Speech

    David Trimble speaking after being elected as the new leader of the Ulster Unionists.