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  1. Anti-Rushdie rally turns violent in Bradford (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    Dee Marshall reports on violence in Bradford when fighting broke out between white youths and Muslims protesting against the publication of Salman Rushdie’s novel, The Satanic Verses. Includes crowd noise;...

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  2. Council bans Danny La Rue from switching on Xmas lights (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Grant Ferrett(?) reports on a ruling by Leeds City Council to ban drag artist, Danny La Rue from switching on the Christmas lights in the city because he wanted to dress up as Margaret Thatcher. In a...

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  3. Tiananmen Square protests (1989)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Special; Vox pop

    A documentary, presented by Brian Anderson, which tells the story of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 which culminated in the Tiananmen Square Massacre, referred to in China as the June Fourth Incident....

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  4. Controversial film aimed at Salman Rushdie (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Hesham el-Essawy of the Islamic Society for Religious Tolerance says moves to ban a film in the UK depicting the death of Salman Rushdie by the wrath of God proves there are double standards at work. The...

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  5. Mohammed Fayyaz on International Guerillas (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Following a ban on video sales of the Pakistani film International Guerillas, in which Salman Rushdie is shown torturing and murdering Muslims before himself being killed, the film’s distributor, Mohammed...

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  6. Mohammed Fayyaz on Salman Rushdie film ban (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    The ban on a controversial film which depicts author Salman Rushdie as a drunkard who murders Muslims has been lifted by the Video Appeals Committee. The Pakistani film International Guerrillas was banned by...

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  7. Nelson Mandela tribute song banned in South Africa (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Music

    Singer Brenda Fassie on her new song Black President which is a tribute to her uncle Nelson Mandela and has been banned in South Africa. She also speaks about being unable to visit her uncle during his time...

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  8. First women on the front line (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interviews with two British women (Sue Pepper and Julie Cornah(?)?) from the Royal Army Medical Corps in Saudi Arabia, where they are setting up a military hospital. They talk about their equipment, when...

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  9. Iqbal Sacranie on The Satanic Verses (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Leader of the UK Action Committee on Islamic Affairs, Iqbal Sacranie speaks of Salman Rushdie and his novel The Satanic Verses and says that until the book is removed from circulation there will be no...

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  10. Salmon Rushdie not in violation of blasphemy laws (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference

    The British Muslim Action Front claimed that author Salman Rushdie and his publishers should face criminal charges for blasphemy against the Muslim faith for his novel The Satanic Verses, but Lord Justice...

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