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Peace campaigner admits aiding Soviet spy to escape prison (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Gareth Furby reports on London antiques dealer and former CND campaigner Pat (Patrick) Pottle admitting to helping Soviet spy George Blake escape from prison in 1966. Interviews with Pat Pottle who says he...
House fire claims lives in Yorkshire (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Dee Marshall reports on the fire that claimed three young childrenâs lives in Yorkshire. Stuart Shackleton, fire chief, talks about the casualties and how the mother and one child survived. Also...
Viraj Mendis deported (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Neil McCafferty reports on a tape brought back by Father Henry West from Columbo, Sri Lanka in which Viraj Mendis, deported for living illegally in the UK for 15 years, says his life is now in danger. Father...
John MacGregor’s speech on food safety (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Speech
John Alcock reports on Agriculture Minister John MacGregor’s speech on food safety particularly in eggs, milk and cheese, and the frosty reception given to him by the National Farmers Union’s annual...
Secil Angola sinks in storms over the Atlantic (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
John Alcock reports on the Secil Angola sinking in the Atlantic off Scotland with 17 South Korean crew members on board, attempted rescue of the crew and low possibility of survivors. Interviews with RAF...
Man wrongly branded HIV positive (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Robin Bailey reports on Michael McClaine being wrongly branded HIV positive whilst in court on driving offences. Includes interview with McClaine, who describes how the experience has ruined his life, and...
Computer sieze unlocks drug dealer assets (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Chief Customs Investigation Officer Douglas Tweddle tells George Matheson how his Customs and Excise team were able to crack the computer code of London drug dealer Ronald French giving them access to his...
Semtex find ahead of Scarborough conference (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
North Yorkshire’s Deputy Chief Constable Frank Morritt describes to Charlotte Nicholls the discovery of a cache of guns, ammunition and Semtex explosives in woodland in Scarborough just ahead of a...
Czech spy jailed for 10 years (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Israel reports on the case of a Czech spy who pretended to be a Dutch-born art dealer. He has been jailed for ten years at the Old Bailey, true identitiy still unrevealed. He had infiltrated dissident...
Doctors refuse to co-operate with NHS reforms (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Tim Knight reports on a vote by doctors to boycott the Government’s NHS reforms (proposed by Health Secretary Kenneth Clarke) unless negotiations are reopened. In a mood of bitterness and anger the BMA...