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305 results found for '"Discrimination"' in Keywords.
Sound clips from the Oscar nominated film Cry Freedom (1988)
- Genre
- Special
Sound clips from the film Cry Freedom, a biopic set during the apartheid era in South Africa and based on the story of Steve Biko, a black activist killed while in police custody, and Donald Woods, a white...
Top names demonstrate against Clause 28 (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Sue Jameson reports on some of the top names in the world of the arts gathering on the stage of the Playhouse Theatre today to voice their opposition to Clause 28 of the local government bill that goes...
Nelson Mandela 70th birthday concert (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Linda Duffin reports on attempts by Conservative MPs to halt BBC television coverage of the Nelson Mandela 70th birthday pop concert at Wembley Stadium, London. Includes interviews with John Carlisle MP; Jim...
Nelson Mandela 70th birthday concert (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nigel Wrench reports from Johannesburg on reaction by the South African Government to the Nelson Mandela 70th birthday pop concert at Wembley Stadium, London and decision by the BBC to broadcast the event;...
Reagan commends changes in USSR (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
US President Ronald Reagan pre-Moscow summit speech in Helsinki, Finland. Commends the changes in the Soviet Union under Glasnost and Perestroika but urges Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to fulfil the...
Reagan calls for human rights for Soviets (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
US President Ronald Reagan reinforces his campaign for greater human rights for Soviet citizens during the Moscow superpower summit, John Alcock reports. Includes excerpts of speeches by Reagan at Danilov...
Healthy babies aborted claim (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Dr Reshmi Varma, gynaecologist at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London, about the abortion of female foetuses by some London doctors because their parents favour male children over...
MP on female abortions (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with David Alton MP (who is putting forward an abortion bill) about the abortion of female foetuses by some London doctors because their parents favour male children over female. He says with the...
Nicholas Ridley accused of obscene gesture in Commons (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
29 MPs have accused Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley of making a V-sign in the House of Commons, and inciting sexist abuse of Labour’s Women’s Affairs spokeswoman, Jo Richardson during a debate on...
Legal victory in equal pay case (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Rene Pickstone, a female packer from Freeman’s mail order warehouse has won a legal victory at the House of Lords which could lead to higher pay for thousands of women across the UK. John Alcock reports...