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Falklands defence committee report (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview

Paul Maurice reports on the findings of a House of Commons Select Committee on Defence report into defence of the Falkland Islands and the costs of a Fortess Falklands policy. Includes interview with...

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CIA aware of Lockerbie bomb (1989)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Nick Peters reports from America on the leaking of a report alleging intelligence services including the CIA may have been aware a bomb had been planted on board Pan Am flight 103 at Frankfurt Airport-the...

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Lockerbie bombing - Reaction of relatives at JFK Airport (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report; Press conference

Paul Woodley reports from JFK Airport, New York, on reaction of the relatives following news of the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland (21/12/88). Interviews with Debra Ricciardi(?),...

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Kegworth air disaster - Report from local school (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Kegworth air disaster. Michael O’Neill reports from Kegworth County Primary School, which lies under the flight path to East Midlands Airport. Parent, Peter Nudd(?), who is considering sending his daughter...

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Labour Party Conference - Media ownership and visas (1986)

Genre

News report; Speech

Report on the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool, with speeches on a motion that the country’s media should be owned by UK citizens (referring to Rupert Murdoch and the News International dispute); new...

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Taken for granted (1985)

Genre

Interview; Documentary

Taken for Granted: Flying. In this episode of his regular show Richard Robbins discusses the subject of aircraft and air travel. He asks, are we safe in planes, how do they work, and how are they built? He...

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Near-miss for two jets at Gatwick (1988)

Genre

Speech

Two British holiday jets came close to crashing into each other at Gatwick Airport last night. A British Island Airways BAC 111 apparently landed on the wrong runway, just as the second plane was...

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Explosives left on British Airways plane (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Rodney Bennett reports on the discovery of explosives on a British Airways flight. Lord King, BA’s chairman, talks about the investigation into how this happened. Denis Phipps, former head of security at...

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Manchester air disaster awards (1987)

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

Dickie Arbiter reports on a ceremony attended by Queen Elizabeth II honouring victims of the Manchester Airport air disaster (22/08/85) with gallantry medals; includes interviews with flight staff: Joanna...

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The Business Programme No.56 (1989)

The Business Programme, broadcast on Monday evenings and presented by Rob Thomas. Track 1- Radar system developed at Southampton-Eastleigh Airport. Interview with Peter Willis, Deputy Airport Director,...

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