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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...