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708 results found for '"Books"' in Keywords.
Heather West’s funeral (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Chris Mann interviews Stephen West, following the funeral of his murdered sister, Heather West, first of their parents’ victims to be found, at a church in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. He speaks...
Novelist Frederick Forsyth on life and times (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with author, Frederick Forsyth, about his interest in modern history and its influence on his novels. He also talks about his beginnings as a writer with The Day of the Jackal. Female interviewer...
Salman Rushdie interview on his life, career and new novel (1995)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Discussion; Interview; Jingle; News bulletin; Trailer
Simon Bates interviews guest on his 10am-1pm show Salman Rushdie on his life, career and first novel since The Satanic Verses, The Moor’s Last Sigh, set in the Indian city of Bombay. Includes discussion of...
Berry Gordy on Motown music and his life and times (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; Biography
Motown music throughout. Robbie Vincent talks with Paul Gambaccini, music presenter and with Berry Gordy the founder of Motown about Motown music. Berry tells about the development and success of Motown,...
My millennium (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; Special
My Millennium. John Terrett talks to British Labour politician and former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Denis Healey. On the present Labour Party under Tony Blair;...
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...
European Court of Human Rights (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
This week, the European Court of Human Rights ruling on juvenile killers means that the Home Secretary acted unlawfully in jailing the murderers of James Bulger indefinitely. Lizzie Knight takes a closer...
Edwina Currie interview (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP Edwina Currie interviewed by Frank Bough to promote her new book, A Woman’s Place. She discusses the process of writing it, inspirations, setting in Parliament and plot. Also her life in...