IRN news review

Title

IRN news review

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Tribute; Special

TX Date

28 Dec 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:43:59

Description

Peter Deeley presents a news review of the year 1984. Big stories include the miners strike; IRA bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton during the Conservative Party conference; political year in UK; re-election of Ronald Reagan as US President; Kuwaiti airline hijack; murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher and Libyan embassy siege in London; abduction of former Nigerian minister Umaru Dikko; assassination of Indian PM Indira Gandhi; Bhopal disaster; Abbeystead methane gas explosion; failure of South African athlete Zola Budd at the Olympic Games; Harold Macmillan joins House of Lords; deaths of Eric Morecambe, Diana Dors, John Betjeman, James Mason, Richard Burton. Reporters: Neil Mainland, Peter Murphy, Martin Frizell, Suresh Joshi, Antonia Higgs (live from embassy siege). Speaking are: NUM President Arthur Scargill; NCB Chairman Ian MacGregor; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; bombing eyewitness; MPs Ted Heath, Cyril Smith and Dennis Skinner; Ronald Reagan; Commander William Hucklesby; Rajiv Gandhi; Abbeystead survivor; Zola Budd; Harold Macmillan; Ernie Wise; Diana Dors, John Betjeman, James Mason and Richard Burton (all archive). With montage of clips and music extracts.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Edward Heath; Arthur Scargill; Harold Macmillan; Peter Murphy; Dennis Skinner; Cyril Smith; Ronald Reagan; Antonia Higgs; Ian MacGregor; Rajiv Gandhi; Neil Mainland; Peter Deeley; William Hucklesby; Ernie Wise; Richard Burton; Martin Frizell; Suresh Joshi; Zola Budd; John Betjeman; Diana Dors; James Mason

Keywords

Deaths; Elections; Politics; Actors; India; London; Trade unions; Internal politics; Strikes; Labour disputes; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Embassies and consulates; Conservative Party; Political conferences; IRA; International relations; Homicide; NUM; House of Lords; Olympic games; Aeroplanes; Coal miners; NCB; Police personnel; Prime ministers; Poets; Athletes; Famous people; Presidents; Embassy buildings; Diplomats; Ronald Reagan; Yvonne Fletcher; Libya; Sieges; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Indira Gandhi; Bombs; Explosions; Harold Macmillan; Brighton; Kuwait; Abduction; Manmade disasters; Abbeystead; Zola Budd; Richard Burton; John Betjeman; Eric Morecambe; Grand Hotel; Bhopal; Umaru Dikko; Diana Dors; James Mason

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