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  1. Spycatcher ruling at High Court (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on a decision at the High Court ruling in favour of the Guardian and Observer newspapers- they can publish contents of former MI5 officer Peter Wright’s book Spycatcher.The judges commented on the...

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  2. Spycatcher serialized - Law Lords overturn injunction (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    In his controversial book, Spycatcher, former MI5 agent Peter Wright voiced his suspicions that former head of MI5, Sir Roger Hollis was a Soviet spy. Attempts by the British Government to have the book...

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  3. Interview with Independent editor Andreas Whittam-Smith (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Editor of The Independent, Andreas Whittam-Smith, on the implications of the Appeal Court ruling on former intelligence officer Peter Wright’s Spycatcher memoirs. On the government being able to gag...

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  4. Miners strike - Orgreave picket dangers (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the pickets at the Orgreave steel plant and fears for pickets safety in clashes with police. Includes interview with South Yorkshire Chief Constable Peter Wright on the safety fears and calling for...

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  5. Spycatcher ruling - Reaction (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Law Lords have ruled that Peter Wright’s book, Spycatcher can be serialised in British newspapers. The ruling has implications for Margaret Thatcher’s government which is reforming the Official Secrets...

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  6. Spycatcher publication row (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on a decision by the Law Lords to reinforce the decision to ban the reporting of the contents of former MI5 agent Peter Wright’s book Spycatcher; actions against the Sunday Telegraph and South China...

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  7. Spycatcher in libraries (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on former MI5 agent Peter Wright’s banned Spycatcher book. A local county council spokesman, Alex Mackie(?), confirming that an inmate at Long Lartin prison donated a copy to the prison library....

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  8. Malcolm Turnbull on Spycatcher - House of Lords decision (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Wright, former MI5 agent and author of Spycatcher, is awaiting a House of Lords decision as to whether to allow his book to be published in the UK. Ahead of the verdict, his Australian lawyer, Malcolm...

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  9. Miners strike - Violence erupts on Yorkshire picket line (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    Report on the picket lines at Kiveton Park Colliery in South Yorkshire during the miners strikes- the violence and policing, with shouting heard. Speaking are South Yorkshire Police Committee Chairman George...

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  10. Miners strike - Picket violence (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special; Speech

    Report on the picket line violence at collieries and nearby villages in Yorkshire during the miners’ strike which the NUM are blaming on police. Includes actuality of violence with chanting. Speaking are...

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