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Closure of Invergordon smelter plant (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the closure of the Invergordon smelter plant, which has been losing £1 million a month. Includes interviews with Dick Charles, managing director of British Aluminium; Scottish Secretary, George...
Freddie Laker on problems facing Laker Airways (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Freddie Laker on the £200 million of debt owed by Laker Airways which has been rescheduled. He says thousands of people sent in money to help his company and he plans to sell some of his aeroplanes to...
Shooting at social club in Orpington (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an attack by a gunman on the Eldred Community Centre in the St Mary Cray area of Orpington, Kent. The attack is thought to be related to a fight in the bar on Christmas Eve; some locals have blamed...
Freddie Laker on problems facing Laker Airways (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Freddie Laker says he is going to sell some of his Laker Airways aeroplanes to reduce his debt-equity ratio. Male interviewer not identified.
Adam Watson-Brown on Bayswater car explosion (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Adam Watson-Brown, who was in a nearby house when a car bomb exploded in Connaught Square, Bayswater, London, gives his account of the incident and his efforts to help the wounded driver. Male interviewer...
First anniversary of Soviet occupation of Afghanistan (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Mary Finnigan reports on the first anniversary of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. One of the first western journalists to visit the country, she says Afghans are at risk of imprisonment and torture if...
Israel annexes Golan Heights (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on the US reaction to Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights from Syria. Includes statement by US Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger; television interview with Israeli Ambassador in Washington,...
Collapse of Camp David Accords (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the collapse of the Camp David peace accords designed to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict. Includes an interview with former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was opposed to the annexation...
Japanese work ethic and export boom (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the Japanese manufacturing industry. Includes interview with management consultant Ron Collard, who says the Japanese copied US and UK work practices and combined them with the Japanese work ethic....
US to evacuate citizens from Libya (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the US decision to remove its citizens from Libya and impose a ban on travel to the country. The move follows the discovery of an assassination plot against US President Ronald Reagan. Includes...