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  1. Government loses Spycatcher appeal (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report by Linda Duffin on the government losing its appeal for a permanent ban on press reports of material from the book, Spycatcher, by former MI5 officer Peter Wright. Includes interviews reacting to the...

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  2. Spycatcher newspaper ban ruling (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Nicky Broyd interviews a male newspaper editor (not identified – poss. Peter Preston, editor of The Guardian), about the decision of the European Court of Human Rights that the UK Government broke the...

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Spycatcher readings in London (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Report on readings of extracts of former MI5 agent Peter Wright’s book Spycatcher at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London, despite a ruling by the Law Lords to reinforce the decision to ban the reporting of...

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  6. 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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  7. Neil Kinnock visits USA (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Andrew Manderstam reports on Labour leader Neil Kinnock’s visit to the USA. Includes a press interview with him on his response to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s criticism of him over the Peter...

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  8. Chapman Pincher denies spying allegations (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Chapman Pincher strenuously denies that he worked for MI5 after his name came up in the Peter Wright Spycatcher case in Australia (he wrote a book with Wright, on the intelligence services, which was not...

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  9. 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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  10. Margaret Thatcher on issues and policies (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    In a television interview recorded in Strasbourg for Channel 4 News, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speaks to Peter Sissons about issues covered at the EEC summit and government policies and actions...

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