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  1. Death of Guy the Gorilla (1978)

    Genre
    News report; Obituary; Vox pop

    Steve Harvey reports on the death of Guy the Gorilla, aged 32, at London Zoo. The report examines Guy’s life and popularity, and how his body is to be stuffed and sent to the Natural History Museum....

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  2. Virus threat to seal population (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    David Hughes interviews Tony Eden, RSPCA Chief inspector for the Norfolk and Suffolk area, on a mystery virus which is killing seals and is threatening to spread to dolphins, grey seals and harbour porpoises...

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  3. Bruce Millan confirms that seal cull will go ahead (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Bruce Millan, Secretary of State for Scotland, says that under no circumstances will physical confrontation take place with Greenpeace protesters attempting to stop the Orkney seal cull. Millan adds that the...

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  4. Hackney Marshes bear sighting (1981)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the sighting of a bear in Hackney Marshes by four young boys. Police were worried because there were a large number of footprints in the snow and two dead, skinned bears had previously been...

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  5. Hunt saboteurs join Greenpeace to fight seal cull (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    David Watton, Secretary of the Hunt Saboteurs Association, on the organisation’s plans to join Greenpeace in protest against a seal cull near the Orkney Islands. Watton insists that there are no plans to...

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  6. Beijing protesters continue defiance of army crackdown (1989)

    Genre
    News report

    Jonathan Annells reports from Peking, where protesters are continuing their defiance of the army crackdown. Latest reports speak of troops opening fire on unarmed cyclists, chanting Animals, animals. There...

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  7. Margaret Thatcher’s Falklands visit (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report back on visits of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the Falkland Islands to institutions and schools before flying to San Carlos and HMS Antrim with an excerpt of her speech onboard the warship....

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  8. David McTaggart on plans to stop seal cull (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Co-founder of Greenpeace, David McTaggart, on board the vessel Rainbow Warrior, discusses plans to stop the Orkney Islands seal cull. McTaggart claims that the organisation has the support of the people of...

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  9. Foot and mouth outbreak on Isle of Wight (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the outbreak of foot and mouth disease on the Isle of Wight after spreading from Brittany, with animals at 3 farms destroyed, with comparison to 1967-68 outbreak. Ministry of Agriculture chief vet...

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  10. Pete Wilkinson on cull meeting (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Director of Greenpeace UK, Pete Wilkinson on a meeting with government ministers on the proposed cull of seals near the Orkney Islands. Wilkinson asks Scottish Labour MP Bruce Millan to explain the reasons...

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