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  1. Man jailed for life after 35 pence robbery loses compensation claim (1988)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    John Cookson reports on a High Court decision where a man who served 15 years of a life sentence for a 35 pence armed robbery has had his claim for compensation rejected. Robert Weekes, who was convicted of...

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  2. Andy Gibb death (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    John Cookson reports on the death of singer, Andy Gibb, the younger brother of the Bee Gees: Robin, Maurice, and Barry Gibb. Includes interview with Robin Gibb who denies that his death was due to cocaine...

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  3. Kuwaiti hijacking ends (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    John Cookson reports from Algiers on the end of the hijacking of a Kuwait Airlines Boeing 747 which began on 05/04/88. All the hostages were freed, but there are unconfirmed reports that some, if not all the...

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  4. Kuwaiti hijacking ends-steward interviewed (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    John Cookson interviews Abdul-Moneim Abdul-Razzak Mahmoud, the Egyptian purser of the plane, about the end of the hijacking of a Kuwait Airlines Boeing 747 which began on 05/04/88 and has ended in Algiers....

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  5. Kuwaiti hijacking (1988)

    Genre
    News report

    John Cookson reports on the 10th day of a hijack of a Kuwaiti Airlines 747, now at Algiers in Algeria. An elderly Kuwaiti hostage, Abdullah Al-Chatti, was released today. Includes recording of conversation...

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  6. Kuwaiti hijacking ends (1988)

    Genre
    Discussion; News report

    John Cookson reports from Algiers, on the events at the end of the hijacking of a Kuwait Airlines Boeing 747 which began on 05/04/88. All the hostages, including the crew, were freed, but there are reports...

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  7. Kuwaiti hijacking-reports from Algiers and Kuwait (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    John Cookson reports from Algiers, on the continuing hijack of a Kuwait Airlines Boeing 747 which began on 05/04/88. Comments on the evidence of freed passenger, Abdullah al-Chatti, about the mistreatment of...

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  8. Death of Andrew Cruickshank (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Obituary

    The actor Andrew Cruickshank, known to millions of television viewers as Dr Cameron in the hit series Dr Finlay’s Casebook, died in London today after a heart attack. He was 80 years old and, as John...

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  9. Death on the Rock witness defended by son (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Controversy continues to surround the key witness in the Thames Television documentary, Death on the Rock, on the killing of 3 IRA men in Gibraltar by the SAS. Carmen Proetta has suffered character...

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  10. Briton in Turkish jail begs Thatcher for help (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Briton Al Cimino(? - pronounced Chimeeno), from Swansea, has made a desperate plea to be rescued from the Turkish jail in which he has been held for ten years, having been given a life sentence for...

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