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Tim Lang on BSE (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Tim Lang, Professor of Food Studies at Thames Valley University, on BSE. Astonished by Government attitude and ministers’ performance in Parliament.
Death of artificial heart recipient (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
A south-west London man believed to be the first in the world to receive a permanent artificial heart has died in hospital. 64 year-old Abel Goodman was given the battery-powered pump last October to...
Asbestos in council flats (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
An independent report has accused several leading Conservatives on Westminster City Council of placing council tenants at risk in flats contaminated with asbestos dust. The Barrett Report published today...
Nick Park hat-trick at the Oscars (1996)
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- Speech
Bristol-based animator Nick Park has become the first man to win the Best Short Animated Film category at the Oscars three times. He took the award for his latest Wallace and Gromit adventure, A Close Shave....
James Acheson hat-trick at the Oscars (1996)
- Genre
- Speech
British designer James Acheson has again been named Best Costume Designer at the Oscars, this time for the film Restoration. In his acceptance speech he thanks his team.
Kirk Douglas wins Lifetime Achievement award (1996)
- Genre
- Speech
Hollywood veteran Kirk Douglas, who’s recovering from a stroke, has been honoured at the Oscars with a Lifetime Achievement award. In his acceptance speech, he dedicates it to his wife, Anne.
Susan Sarandon takes Best Actress at Oscars (1996)
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- Speech
Susan Sarandon beat off competition from Emma Thompson to take Best Actress at the Oscars, for Dead Man Walking. Here she thanks Sean Penn.
Nick Park’s father on his son’s nonchalance (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Nick Park’s father Roger says his son is quite blase about the awards process. The interview follows the presentation of an academy award for the Wallace and Gromit adventure, A Close Shave.
Nicolas Cage takes Best Actor at Oscars (1996)
- Genre
- Speech
At the Oscars, Nicolas Cage was named Best Actor, an award he thought he’d never get. In his acceptance speech, he expresses his hope that more actors will lend themselves to smaller, independent films.
Awards for Mel Gibson (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Mel Gibson and his epic Braveheart have picked up five Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture.