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108 results found for '"Honours"' in Keywords.
Widow accepts George Medal for husband (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Audrey Vernon, widow of Robert Vernon, who died trying to tackle the fire on the Piper Alpha oil production platform. She is delighted his and many others’ bravery is finally getting...
Margaret Thatcher’s resignation honours list (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Peter Russell reports for LBC Newstalk breakfast on Margaret Thatcher’s resignation honours list. Includes Maurice de Rohan condemning the life peerage for P & O Chairman Jeffrey Stirling, on behalf of the...
New Year honours list (1990)
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- Interview; News report
Stephanie West reveals the pick of sports stars, authors and celebrities being honoured in the New Year Honour list with interviews from some of those receiving honours: authors Barbara Cartland and P.D....
Brian Johnston on receiving CBE (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Helen Costello gauges BBC cricket correspondent Brian Johnston’s reaction to being awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours and on Graham Gooch being awarded an OBE.
Richard McMillan returns his OBE (1990)
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- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Veteran war correspondent Richard McMillan returns the OBE medal he was awarded 45 years ago, as a protest against the poll tax (community charge). Nigel Dearing reports from Buckingham Palace where McMillan...
Celebrities react to Queen’s birthday honours (1990)
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- Interview; News report
Iain Ramage reports on the Queen’s birthday honours, including the knighthood warded to DJ and entertainer Jimmy Savile. Savile claims it was a shock, but also a great honour for him, his family and his...
Tracy Edwards on receiving the MBE (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Yacht skipper Tracy Edwards gives her reaction on being awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list. Edwards is the skipper of Maiden, the first yacht with an all-woman crew to complete the...
Barbara Cartland becomes Dame (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Author Barbara Cartland speaks to press after ceremony honouring her as a Dame and on her wish for ordinary people to be honoured.
Honours awarded (1991)
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- Interview; News report
Report on honours awarded by the Queen. With comment from those honoured- Formula 1 racing driver Nigel Mansell and England Cricket captain Graham Gooch (both OBEs), and Margaret Thatcher’s former press...
Margaret Thatcher receives Presidential Medal of Freedom (1991)
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- Music; News report; Speech
Report on US President George H.W. Bush presenting former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Includes excerpts from speeches by Bush and Thatcher. Report by Nick...