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84 results found for '"Simon Bowden"' in Contributors.
Laurence Olivier dies (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Simon Bowden reports on reaction at the National Theatre to the death of foremost actor and past director Laurence Olivier. Includes announcement to audience of the death; vox pop wih audience; tributes from...
Tommy Trinder tribute (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Tommy Trinder, British comedian, has died at the age of 80. A veteran of the music hall, he also made it on TV becoming first compere of the Sunday Night at the London Palladium programme, and later hosting...
Landlady on local drinker accused of £1million theft (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Simon Bowden interviews the landlady, Patricia Curl(?), of The Windsor Castle pub in Hounslow where Philip Wells, the security guard who went missing from Heathrow Airport with almost a million pounds , used...
Queen Mother portrait (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Simon Bowden interviews artist Alison Watt, about her new portrait of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, which is due to be unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in London coinciding with the Queen...
Queen Mother’s birthday (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Simon Bowden reports on Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother’s eighty-ninth birthday. Includes bagpipe music; interviews with Grace Crook, Royal Britain Exhibition; Anthony Holden, royal biographer; members...
Man dies in Paddington bomb blast (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Bowden reports on a bomb blast and resulting fire at the Beverley House Hotel in Sussex Gardens, Paddington, London, where a man died. Detectives believe the man who died was a terrorist involved in an...
China protest in London (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Bowden reports on the erection in London of a replica of the student symbol of protest that was torn down by the Chinese army in Beijing. The plaster statue was erected outside the Chinese embassy in...
Greenpeace spokesman on PCBs (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Bowden reports on the decision of port managers at Tilbury docks in Essex to refuse to unload a cargo of toxic waste. The ruling came after protests by Greenpeace activists. The Russian ship, the...
Marchioness disaster - solicitor on legal action (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Simon Bowden interviews Patrick Allen, spokesman for the Marchioness boat disaster solicitors’ group, on the decision to take legal action against the owners of the two boats involved (the Marchioness and...
Royal feud over Marina Ogilvy pregnancy (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Bowden reports on a feud in the family of Princess Alexandra, which is likely to come further under the spotlight when her daughter Marina Ogilvy gives an exclusive interview on the Kilroy television...