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48 results found for '"Mark Percy"' in Contributors.
Reagan and Gorbachev New Year messages (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Mark Percy reports on televised New Year messages by US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (excerpts heard), televised directly to the USSR and USA. Both leaders are pledging to seek...
Terry Waite rescue plan (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Mark Percy interviews David Jacobsen, former American hostage in Lebanon on a new rescue initiative for freeing Church of England envoy, Terry Waite from captivity in Beirut which would involve an...
Clare Francis on ME (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Mark Percy interviews former round the world yachtswoman Clare Francis about her experience with the viral illness ME. She accuses the medical establishment of doing nothing to help the sufferers of ME;...
Charlton Heston gives reading at St Brides Church, London (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Drama
Mark Percy reports on a reading by American actor, Charlton Heston at St Brides Church, Fleet Street, London, from A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt. Heston is in London to star in the West End...
Diane Langton on closure of The Rink musical (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Mark Percy interviews actor, Diane Langton, star of the musical, The Rink, which is due to close at the Cambridge Theatre, London, following low audience figures. Langton, who plays Angel, says the...
Peter Coleridge released (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Mark Percy reports on the release of freed British Oxfam worker, Peter Coleridge, from captivity in Beirut. In an interview he tells of his kidnap at the hands of Fatah revolutionary gunmen. Also includes...
Globe Theatre rebuilding delayed by Travellers’ encampment (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Mark Percy reports on the obstacle to film tycoon Sam Wanamaker’s plans to rebuild Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on its original spot by the Thames posed by Irish Travellers camping on the site. Includes...
Safety concerns over Gatwick Airport (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Air traffic controllers say the threat of a major runway disaster will hang over Gatwick Airport until there is a major change in the way planes queue for take-off. After the latest near miss between two...
Businessman attempts to break flight record (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Millionaire businessman, 49 year-old Vijaypat Singhania, speaking moments before attempting a record-breaking flight in a microlight aircraft from London to Ahmedabad, India. Comment from current record...
Air traffic control across Europe (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Mark Percy reports from Holland for the AM programme on a prototype for an integrated air traffic control system following severe delays at airports partly caused by 40 different control systems across...