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  1. Channel tunnel break through links UK and France (1990)

    Genre
    News report; News bulletin

    IRN 22.00 news bulletin with Katherine Kelly, focusing on the breaking through by bore hole in the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France – the first time since the Ice Age. Includes report by Leon...

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  2. James Baker announces Gulf blockade (1990)

    Genre
    News bulletin; News report; Speech

    News bulletin. The US naval blockade of Iraq is officially on - announced by the US Secretary of State, James Baker. A British man, Douglas Croskery, has been shot while trying to escape from Kuwait, and is...

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  3. Mortar bomb attack on 10 Downing Street (1991)

    Genre
    News bulletin; News report; Interview

    Whitehall offices have been evacuated after terrorists attempted to blow up UK Prime Minister John Major and his war cabinet. Mortar bombs launched from outside the Ministry of Defence have landed in the...

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  4. IRA attack on Downing Street - 2 o’clock news (1991)

    Genre
    News bulletin; News report; Interview

    The IRA is believed to be behind a mortar bomb attack on 10 Downing Street in an attempt to kill Prime Minister John Major. With on-location reports from Whitehall and Westminster are George Matheson and...

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  5. Attempted Soviet coup collapses (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech; News bulletin; Press conference

    IRN 17.00 news read by Katherine Kelly focusing on the collapse of the attempted Soviet coup and reaction around the world. With comment from UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd; US President George H W Bush;...

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  6. Jackie Mann freed from Beirut captivity (1991)

    Genre
    News bulletin; Press conference

    10pm news bulletin read by Katherine Kelly on the release of veteran hostage Jackie Mann from Beirut, Lebanon after 865 days. Includes press conference with Jackie in damascus, Syria on his harrowing...

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  7. Soviet troops attack Lithuanian television centre (1991)

    Genre
    News report

    Soviet soldiers have stormed Lithuania’s main television and radio centre in Vilnius. 9 peaceful protesters have been confirmed dead and 70 injured. Sue Jameson reports from the scene, with Katherine Kelly...

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  8. Soviet troops attack Lithuanian television centre (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Vox pop

    Soviet soldiers have stormed Lithuania’s main television and radio centre in Vilnius. At least 11 people are feared dead and over 100 injured. Katherine Kelly is in the studio; Sue Jameson reports from the...

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  9. Lithuanian doctors fight to save protesters (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Doctors have been working through the night to save protesters who were attacked by Soviet troops in Vilnius, Lithuania. UK Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd comments. Sue Jameson reports from the scene and...

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  10. IRA ceasefire - look back at mainland campaign (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Interview

    Max Cotton reports from Downing Street in London prior to an expected announcement by the IRA of a ceasefire in Northern Ireland. Looks back to 07/02/91 when the IRA fired a mortar bomb at the UK Prime...

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