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US presidential campaign (1984)

Genre

Interview

Peter Walker on the US Presidential election campaign and the appeal of Democratic candidates, drawing comparisons with John F. Kennedy’s campaign and popularity in the early 1960s. Male interviewer not...

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Bill Shankly show (1975)

Genre

Discussion; Interview

Celebrity interview on the first Bill Shankly Show with Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Covering Wilson’s life, socialist beliefs, politics, sporting interests and football; drawing on the analogies between...

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Geoffrey Howe on South Korean airliner disaster (1983)

Genre

News report; Speech; Press conference

Report on UK Foreign Secretary, Geoffrey Howe’s drawing of comparisons between George Orwell’s novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and the Soviet shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007. Male reporter not...

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Kegworth air disaster - British Midland chairman on possible causes (1989)

Genre

Press conference

Kegworth air disaster. Chairman of British Midland Airways, Michael Bishop responds to suggestions at a press conference that the pilot may have closed down the wrong engine before the crash. On it being...

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Vocational training in schools (1994)

Genre

Interview; News report

Sir Ron Dearing, Chairman of the Schools’ Curriculum and Assessment Authority, is drawing up plans for the Education Secretary for greater emphasis on vocational training in schools, he speaks about the...

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Margaret Thatcher on Falklands conflict - Argentina the aggressor (1982)

Genre

Interview

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher talks to Peter Allen about the conflict in the Falkland Islands. She claims that Argentina is in the wrong and insists that she is willing to negotiate a peaceful resolution....

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Margaret Thatcher clashes on nuclear weapons (1989)

Genre

News report; Speech

Despite the US initiative on conventional arms cuts, drawing the spotlight away from the row between UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl over short-range missiles,...

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Suspected IRA terrorists will not be extradited to Britain (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report

There were minor scuffles between RUC officers and an angry crowd where Irish Prime Minister, Charles Haughey was speaking, after it was announced that suspected terrorists were not going to be extradited...

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Local Election wrap (1981)

The local election campaign is drawing to a close tonight. The polls open tomorrow morning. With this special report on the campaign in Berkshire, Phil Coope. [Box 5]

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Matthews People: Rolf Harris [Part 2] (1985)

Mike Matthews talks to Rolf Harris, born March 30, 1930. Part II of the programme. He is an Australian musician, composer, painter and television host. He moved to England in 1956 when he was 22-years-old to...

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