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  1. A whole different ball game (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary; Advertisement; Special

    It’s a Whole Different Ball Game. Documentary on American sports in Britain. Examines coverage of Superbowl on Channel 4; popularity of American football and baseball; history of American football;...

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  2. Policing US sport events (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview at the ground with Texan Police Sergeant, Bill Ford, on policing the Astrodome in Houston during baseball and American football games with far less hooliganism than in the UK. Female interviewer...

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  3. Major and Bush exchange sporting gifts (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press conference in which British Prime Minister John Major (cricket bat signed by England team) and US President George H W Bush (baseball bat) exchange gifts during Major’s visit to the States.

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  4. Gary Numan acquitted in court (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Vox pop; Interview

    Report from Uxbridge Court in West London on the acquittal of musician Gary Numan over charges of being in possession of an offensive weapon (a baseball bat) while at Heathrow Airport. Includes vox pop with...

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  5. Presidential campaign in Iowa (1984)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Jon Snow reports for News at Ten from Iowa on US President Ronald Reagan revisiting the radio station in Iowa where his career started as a baseball commentator (excerpt heard) in the run up to the...

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  6. Murderer imprisoned for life (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the sentencing at the Old Bailey of 21-year-old jewellery salesman Mark Paul, who beat 28-year-old John Lavender to death with a baseball bat in Battersea, London. With comment from Detective...

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