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  1. Salman Rushdie fatwa (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Iranian Writers in Exile member Esmail Khoi tells Gareth Furby he thinks Salman Rushdie is a great writer; agrees he is putting his life at risk by supporting Rushdie because of the fatwa (death sentence)...

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  2. Timisoara fighting as revolution comes to Romania (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Gareth Furby reports from Timisoara in Romania on sporadic fighting continuing against security forces of the deposed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Local guide speaks as they tour the city and gunfire is heard...

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  3. Britons die in French coach crash (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Gareth Furby reports on a coach crash in France which killed 11 Britons when a front tyre blew out and it overturned. Includes description of the scene; surivivors Peggy Wood and Norman Wood interview;...

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  4. Cairo hotel fire kills tourists (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with James Sharp from the British Embassy in Cairo, following a fire in a luxury hotel in the city. There have been deaths and many people are missing. Gareth Furby asks about the fire, and what...

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  5. Mandy Smith to marry Bill Wyman (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Model Mandy Smith has revealed that she is forsaking her Catholic faith so that she can marry Rolling Stone, Bill Wyman. The Catholic Church is refusing to sanction the wedding because Wyman has been...

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  6. Sheila Hood on her Snowden award (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Blind student, 20 year-old Sheila Hood from Dundee talks to Simon Furby about the Snowden award which has helped her in her studies at university by funding assistive technology. She also talks about her...

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  7. IRA victims bodies flown home from Holland (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Gareth Furby reports from RAF Northolt on the return to Britain of the bodies of three British aircraftsmen Ian Shinner, John Baxter, and John Reid, murdered by the IRA in the Netherlands. Includes interview...

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  8. Crime in London (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Gareth Furby interviews Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Peter Imbert on his usual day of work; the increase of Police on the beat in London, and the subsequent drop in crime figures; allays peoples fear...

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  9. Elaine Paige on performance at the White House (1988)

    Genre
    Interview; Music

    Gareth Furby interviews singer Elaine Paige, coinciding with her American debut, following a personal invitation from US President Ronald Reagan, which means she’ll perform in front of a star-studded...

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  10. Funeral of Emperor Hirohito (1989)

    Genre
    News report

    Gareth Furby reports from Tokyo on the funeral of Japan’s Emperor Hirohito. Describes the service and those attending and Prince Philip’s refusal to bow to the coffin in respect to the war veterans that...

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