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  1. Libyan embassy siege - On the spot report (1984)

    Genre
    News report

    Antonia Higgs and Halina Kierkuc report from the continuing police siege at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London, after police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead during a demonstration outside the...

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  2. Harold Wilson stands down as MP (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on former Prime Minister Harold Wilson deciding to stand down as an MP and looking back at his career. Wilson talks to Antonia Higgs about his reasons and looks back on his career. Female reporter not...

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  3. 1980s news clips - Libyan embassy siege ends (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Special; Speech

    Antonia Higgs reports on the end of the siege at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London. Includes gunfire and crowd noise and statement by Home Secretary, Leon Brittan. From a series of news clips from the...

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  4. Uruguayan stance on Falklands crisis (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Antonia Higgs reports from Montevideo on British ambassador to Uruguay Patricia Hutchinson’s preparations for refugees as the Falkland Islands conflict escalates and on the neutrality of the country which...

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  5. MPs meet Polish Ambassador for talks on Solidarity (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male Labour MP (poss. Eric Heffer) on meeting the new Polish Ambassador to Britain, Stefan Staniszewski, for discussions about the imprisonment of trade unionist and co-founder of Solidarity,...

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  6. Falklands war - British Forces Broadcasting Service (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Special

    Report on broadcasts by the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), to the British troops during the Falklands war. Speaking are: host Sarah Kennedy; programme controller Brian Bass(?). Female reporter...

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  7. Pope in Poland - Visit to Black Madonna (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on the visit of Pope John Paul II to Poland’s holiest shrine - that of the Black Madonna, in Czestochowa. Includes recording of crowd and sermon by Pope in which he refers to the banned Solidarity...

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  8. General election - Michael Foot in Midlands (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Interview; Press conference; Election coverage

    Report on the visit of Labour Party leader Michael Foot to Coventry and the Midlands during campaigning in the 1983 General Election. Speaking are: Michael Foot; hecklers in crowd; local residents. Female...

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  9. James Baigrie van siege (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference

    Report about a gun siege in Philbeach Gardens, Earls Court, London (21/03/85) in which murderer and escaped prisoner James Baigrie resisted arrest after threatening police with a shotgun from inside a...

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  10. Iraq hostage situation (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the current situation of Michael Powell, a British engineer being held as a prisoner of Kurds in northern Iraq. Speakers include: Powell’s mother Betty Powell; brother John Powell; journalist...

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