IRN news review of 1986

Title

IRN news review of 1986

Genre

News report; Interview; Documentary; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

31 Dec 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:48:42

Description

IRN news review of 1986. Introduced by Douglas Cameron; presented by Dave Loyn. Includes news reports and interviews from throughout the year. Stories include: terrorist attacks; the Chernobyl disaster; the arms reduction meeting in Reykjavik (Iceland); Natan Sharansky (Anatoly Shcharansky)'s release by the Soviets in a spy swap; violence in Africa, due to apartheid; the election of Desmond Tutu; the replacement of President Marcos by Corazon (or Cory) Aquino in the Philippines uprising; the return of Benazir Bhutto to Pakistan; the Challenger space shuttle disaster; Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine’s resignation over the Westland Helicopters affair; high unemployment; the establishment of the Prince’s Trust; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the French Government agreeing to build the Channel Tunnel; the privatisation of British Gas; AIDS; drug trafficking; Northern Ireland; the wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson; celebrity deaths. Production and research by Charlie Rose; engineer: Tim Cumming.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Dave Loyn; Charlie Rose; Ronald Reagan; Douglas Cameron; Tim Cumming; Natan Sharansky

Keywords

USA; Air accidents; Deaths; Revolutions; Politics; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; South Africa; UK; Exiles; Apartheid; USSR; Unemployment; France; Pakistan; Michael Heseltine; Privatization; Illegal drugs; Nuclear disarmament; Famous people; Royal family; Royalty; Prince Charles; Royal weddings; Ronald Reagan; Muammar al-Gaddafi; Libya; Channel tunnels; Share dealing; Radiation injuries; AIDS; Summits (meetings); Astronauts; British Gas; Space shuttles; Duchess of York; Sarah Ferguson; Mikhail Gorbachev; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (1986); Westland Helicopters; Challenger; Philippines; Desmond Tutu; Prince Andrew; Prince’s Trust; Benazir Bhutto; Duke of York

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