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  1. Bentley hanging anniversary and family’s campaign (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the 30th anniversary of 19-year-old Derek Bentley’s hanging in Wandsworth Prison for the murder of a policeman, and the family’s continuing campaign to get him a posthumous pardon. Includes...

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  2. Murder by gaslight (1985)

    Genre
    Drama; Serial

    Murder by Gaslight. Part 5: Wicked Charlie, Innocent Bill. The final murder mystery in this series of dramatised true stories set in Victorian England. Written by Leo Knowles; narrated by Leo McKern. The...

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  3. Reprieve for Benjamin Moloise (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Anti-apartheid Movement spokesman Mike Terry following South African poet Benjamin Moliose being spared the death penalty following new evidence that details he is not responsible for the...

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  4. Death penalty for British man held over drugs charges (1986)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on (and including) interview of Kevin Barlow by Tim Miles of the Daily Mail in a Malaysian prison at Penang, before he was hanged on drugs charges. He protests his innocence. Female reporter not...

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  5. Hangman (1987)

    Genre
    Feature

    Albert Pierrepoint, Britain’s famous executioner from 1931-56, speaks to Fraser Shepherd(?) about his experiences. Written and produced by Fraser Shepherd, narrated by Douglas Cameron. Also includes public...

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  6. Derrick Gregory sentenced to death for drug smuggling (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the case of Derrick Gregory, sentenced to death in Malaysia for heroin smuggling, he has been held in prison since 1982. Includes interview with Derrick Gregory. He was hanged in 1989. Reporters...

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  7. General election - Alternative political parties (1987)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on alternative political parties in the 1987 General Election: Monster Raving Loony Party; Capital Punishment Referendum Party; Capital Punishment Will Save More Lives Party; Common Market No, Hanging...

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  8. John Major returns from ITC conference (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    UK Prime Minister John Major speaking about his trip to the ITC conference. He says he’s happy with the outcome and objectives have been met. Matters discussed included the General Agreement on Tariffs and...

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  9. Farzad Bazoft executed in Iraq (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Tribute; Vox pop

    Gareth Furby reports on the reaction to the hanging of Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft in Iraq after being accused of espionage. With comment and tributes from Iraqi Ambassador to London, Azmi Shafiq...

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  10. Douglas Hurd on Farzad Bazoft execution (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    David Spanier interviews Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd on his reaction to the execution of Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft in Iraq for espionage, what the Government did to try and prevent this and...

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