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Steel strike - Bill Sirs on future labour relations (1980)

Genre

Interview

Bill Sirs, General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC), on future labour relations between strikers and strike-breakers following the acceptance of a 14.4 percent pay offer made by...

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Dylan on Dylan [Part 3 and 4] (1984)

An interview with Bob Dylan, songwriter and performer since 1963, when he began writing songs initially recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary, such as ‘Blowing in the Wind’. Talks about his life and career....

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Salman Rushdie affair affects Britons held in Iran (1989)

Genre

Interview

Conservative MP Nicholas Baker, a friend of Roger Cooper held in Iran for nearly 4 years on spying charges without trial, talks about the impact that Salman Rushdie’s book and the resulting fatwa has had...

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Sarajevo injured to be evacuated to UK (1993)

Genre

Press conference

Press conference by Dr Tony Redmond on the operation to evacuate severely injured and ill Bosnian war victims from Sarajevo to the West for medical treatment; the team of 25 they have assembled to travel to...

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Science and education budget rise (1988)

Genre

Interview

After Nigel Lawson’s statement on the budget, Science and Education Secretary Kenneth Baker has won an overall increase in real terms of 4 percent. John Alcock interviews Baker who says a large part of...

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Kenneth Clarke on drug budgets (1989)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Health Secretary, Kenneth Clarke, about reaching agreement with the British Medical Association (BMA) on one of the key proposals in the controversial White Paper on the NHS. After 4 hours of...

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Tony Benn on energy conservation (1977)

Genre

Interview

Energy Secretary Tony Benn declares his plans to spend 300 million pounds on energy conservation over 4 years. He claims the returns on this programme could be as large as 700 million pounds a year, in ten...

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Brittan on still living ERM and single currency (1993)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Britain’s senior EC commissioner Sir Leon Brittan following a 4 hour meeting of Commissioners, on the claims of collapse of the Exchange Rate Mechanism which he says are a bit exaggerated....

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Denmark Maastricht Treaty referendum and riot (1993)

Genre

Interview; Jingle

Report on Denmark’s Maastricht Treaty referendum result (in favour) and the following street rioting where police shot 4 people, and the future for the treaty now it has been watered down. Martin Young...

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Lebanese hostages (1988)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Iranian Charge d’Affaires in London, Muhammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh Basti, on possible help Iran can give to secure the release of the British Hostages in Lebanon, Terry Waite and John McCarthy...

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