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Observer journalist jailed in Iraq (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Observer Editor Donald Trelford on the paper’s journalist Farzad Bazoft who is being held in an Iraqi jail on charges of spying for Israel. Trelford dismisses claims Bazoft was recruited to the paper by...
Donald Trelford on leaked Harrods report (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Observer editor Donald Trelford on the leaked Harrods report that found its way to his newspaper, but which he cannot publish because of an injunction. He says anyone would have published it. Female...
Lonrho loses court case (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Tim Crook reports on a decision by the Law Lords where Tiny Rowland’s Lonrho company lost its legal battle to persuade Trade Secretary Lord Young (David Young) to publish the confidential report on the...
Harrods affair - Government reaction (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on the Government’s reaction to the Harrods affair: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s growing concern over how Mohamed Al-Fayed acquired Harrods over the Lonrho group; the leaking...
Lord Young on leaked Harrods report (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Trade Secretary Lord Young (David Young) talks about the leaked Harrods report: how there are a few thousand copies around, whether they can get an unbiased jury, the possibility of a prosecution, whether...
Leaked Harrods report (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Linda Duffin reports on how Lonrho was refused permission by the High Court to give MPs copies of the confidential government report on the Harrods takeover. Lonrho director Paul Spicer calls it outrageous;...
Nurse Daphne Parish released from Iraqi prison (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Nurse Daphne Parish speaks for the first time on her way back to Gatwick Airport following her release from prison in Iraq. Zambian President, Kenneth Kaunda, who helped secure Parish’s release by speaking...
Farzad Bazoft and Daphne Parish face death penalty in Iraq (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Peter Plisner reports on the news that British nurse Daphne Parish and Observer reporter Farzad Bazoft have been given the death sentence for spying in Iraq. With comment from junior minister William...
Farzad Bazoft executed in Iraq as spy (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Margaret Shiels reports on the execution in Iraq of Iranian-born Observer newspaper journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying despite an international uproar. Includes Bazoft’s televised confession; comment from...
Farzad Bazoft executed in Iraq (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Tribute; Vox pop
Gareth Furby reports on the reaction to the hanging of Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft in Iraq after being accused of espionage. With comment and tributes from Iraqi Ambassador to London, Azmi Shafiq...