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Special Operations Executive recognised (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
During the Second World War, they went behind enemy lines, destroyed communications and helped local resistance. But the soldiers of the SOE (Special Operations executive) have never been publicly honoured...
Scott Report pre-release access row (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
The Scott Report on sale of arms to Iraq is at the centre of another political row this morning, prior to its publication at 3.30 pm today. Labour Party leader Tony Blair has turned down the Government’s...
Opposition to speed-read Scott Report (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Lord Roy Jenkins, the Liberal Democrats’ leader in the Lords, has rejected the government’s offer of a lunchtime look at the Scott Report into sales of arms to Iraq, ahead of its release at 3.30 pm....
Parliamentary round-up (1996)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Political correspondent Mark Demery reports on events in Parliament, with only 24 hours until the publication of the Scott Report into sale of arms to Iraq. His summary includes Labour MP Paul Flynn, calling...
Scott Report out today (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Ed Boyle reports on the pending publication - later this afternoon - of the Scott Report into sale of arms to Iraq and on Nicholas Lyell, Attorney General, who signed gagging orders. Key ministers have had...
Arms to Iraq scandal (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Parliamentary reporter Robert Allen looks at the arms to Iraq scandal and the Scott inquiry set up to investigate it. The speakers include: Paul Henderson, managing director of Matrix Churchill, the company...
Joan Collins court case (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Vox pop
Paul Chapman reports on actor Joan Collins’ victory over her publishers Random House in court after a two-year trial. They were suing for return of her advance payments as her books were not of a high...
Kenneth Clarke upbeat on unemployment figures (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke, in which he gives his reaction to the latest unemployment figures.
Michael Meacher on unemployment (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour’s Employment spokesman Michael Meacher in which he gives his reaction to the Government’s latest unemployment figures. Male interviewer not identified.
London Bridge, TV soap (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Lizzie Knight reports on the launch of London Bridge - a new London-based TV drama produced by Carlton and set in a Thames-side restaurant. Rosalind March who plays Liz Kemp and Sean Francis who plays her...