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Michael Parkinson show (1991)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; Jingle; News bulletin; News report; Phone-in; Trailer
Michael Parkinson show on London Talkback Radio with guests writer Keith Waterhouse and Senior Lecturer on Peace Studies at Bradford University Dr Paul Rogers. Waterhouse discusses his career, love of the...
Salman Rushdie on fatwa (1992)
- Genre
- Interview
Extract from an interview with author Salman Rushdie in which he says that he has paid a high price for publishing The Satanic Verses. The 44 year-old writer has been in hiding with a round-the-clock guard...
Salman Rushdie fatwa - Liaqat Hussain view (1992)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Liaqat Hussain, Bradford Council of Mosques, about the fatwa imposed on Satanic Verses author, Salman Rushdie. The author has appealed for the death sentence to be lifted but Hussain says the...
British hostages receive CBEs (1992)
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- Press conference
Terry Waite, Brian Keenan and John McCarthy - British hostages held in the Lebanon - speak to press as they visit Buckingham Palace to receive their CBEs from the Queen. Its the first time they have been...
Madonna on her new book (1992)
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- Interview
Singer-songwriter, Madonna talks to Andrew Neil about her new book, Sex, and her documentary film, Madonna: Truth or Dare. She sees herself as a sexual revolutionary and says repression and fear is the cause...
Kalim Siddiqui on Salman Rushdie (1993)
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- Interview
Andrew Neil Show interview with the leader of the Muslim Parliament in Britain, Dr Kalim Siddiqui, on the fourth anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa against the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman...
Violence in the media (1993)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Tanya Hines reports on a London forum discussing the relationship between violence on film and television and violence in reality. Speech by Michael Medved, author of new book Hollywood versus America on the...
Customs officer jailed for revenge attack inspired by book (1993)
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- News report; Interview
Tim Crook reports from the Old Bailey on the case of an indecent assault of a female manager by a customs officer for revenge for not being promoted, inspired after he read the book Red Dragon by Thomas...
Literary world remembers Anthony Burgess (1993)
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- Interview; News report; Obituary; Tribute
Tribute to writer Anthony Burgess (died 22/11/93), author of the novel, A Clockwork Orange. Melvyn Bragg pays tribute to Burgess, and calls him a unique figure in world literature. Includes archive material...
Richard Littlejohn show (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; Jingle; Advertisement
Alastair Stewart (sitting in for Richard Littlejohn on his show on LBC Newstalk 97.3) interviews guest senior Labour Party politician and former deputy leader, Roy Hattersley, following the publication of...