List of After Dark editions
Encyclopedia
After Dark was a British late night television discussion programme, produced by Open Media
. It ran off and on Channel 4
between 1987 and 1997, and on the BBC
in 2003. Here follows a complete list of all editions, with dates of live transmission and the names of all guests and hosts, and whether the programmes are available for online download at BFI InView.
BBC Four
Open Media
Open Media is a British television production company, best known for the discussion series After Dark, described by The Daily Mail as "the most intelligent, thought-provoking and interesting programme ever to have been on television"....
. It ran off and on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
between 1987 and 1997, and on the BBC
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
in 2003. Here follows a complete list of all editions, with dates of live transmission and the names of all guests and hosts, and whether the programmes are available for online download at BFI InView.
Series 1
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1 May 1987 | Secrets | Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.... |
Clive Ponting Clive Ponting Clive Ponting is a British writer, former academic and former senior civil servant. He is the author of a number of revisionist books on British and world history... , Margaret Moore, Colin Wallace Colin Wallace John Colin Wallace is a former British soldier and psychological warfare operative who was one of the members of the 'Clockwork Orange' project, which is alleged to have been an attempt to smear a number of British politicians in the early 1970s.-Early life:... , T. E. Utley T. E. Utley Thomas Edwin 'Peter' Utley CBE was an English High Tory journalist.Utley, blind since his childhood, went to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he achieved a double first in History. During the Second World War, he was a Times leader writer and then worked for the Observer and the Sunday Times... , Isaac Evans, Peter Hain Peter Hain Peter Gerald Hain is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for the Welsh constituency of Neath since 1991, and has served in the Cabinets of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, firstly as Leader of the House of Commons under Blair and both Secretary of State for... , Anne-Marie Sandler |
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8 May 1987 | Private Lives | Helena Kennedy | Tony Blackburn Tony Blackburn Tony Blackburn is an English disc jockey, who broadcast on the "pirate" stations Radio Caroline and Radio London in the 1960s and was the first disc jockey to broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1967. In 2002 he was the winner of the ITV reality TV programme I'm a Celebrity..... , Jeremy Black Jeremy Black (historian) Jeremy Black MBE is a British historian and a Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He is a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute... , Peter Tatchell Peter Tatchell Peter Gary Tatchell is an Australian-born British political campaigner best known for his work with LGBT social movements... , Sheila Kitzinger Sheila Kitzinger Sheila Helena Elizabeth Kitzinger MBE is a British natural childbirth activist and author on childbirth and pregnancy. She is a social anthropologist specialising in pregnancy, childbirth and the parenting of babies and young children. Although she lectures on midwifery she has never been a midwife... , Paul Halloran, Victoria Gillick Victoria Gillick Victoria D.M. Gillick is a British campaigner best known for the eponymous 1985 UK House of Lords ruling that considered whether contraception could be prescribed to under-16s without parental consent or knowledge... , Johnny Edgecombe Johnny Edgecombe John Arthur Alexander "Johnny" Edgecombe was a British jazz promoter and criminal, whoseinvolvement with Christine Keeler inadvertently alerted authorities to the Profumo Affair.-Early life:... |
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15 May 1987 | Football Crazy | Professor Anthony Clare Anthony Clare Anthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist well known in the UK and Ireland as a presenter of radio and TV programmes.-Career:... |
Terry Neill, A.J. Ayer, Chris Lightbown, Stuart Cosgrove Stuart Cosgrove Stuart Cosgrove is a Scottish journalist, broadcaster and television executive. As a journalist Cosgrove served on the NME and The Face during the 1980s, before joining Channel 4 in April 1994, serving for eight years as Controller of Arts and Entertainment and currently as Head of Programmes... , John Fashanu John Fashanu John "Fash" Fashanu is a British television presenter and ex-footballer of Nigerian and Guyanese descent. In his former career, he was a centre-forward, who scored 134 league goals in a career lasting 17 years... , Ian Hutchinson, Jennifer Hargreaves |
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22 May 1987 | Do The British Love Their Children? | Chantal Cuer | John Rae John Rae (educator) Dr John Rae was a British educator, author and novelist. He was headmaster of Taunton School and then Head Master of Westminster School .... , Linda Bellos Linda Bellos Linda Bellos OBE is an English ex-politician and current businesswoman and activist for gay rights.-Personal life:Bellos was born in London to a Jewish mother, Renee Sackman, and a Nigerian father, Emmanuel Adebowale, who came from Uzebba and joined the merchant navy during the Second World War... , Germaine Greer Germaine Greer Germaine Greer is an Australian writer, academic, journalist and scholar of early modern English literature, widely regarded as one of the most significant feminist voices of the later 20th century.... , Gordon Whiteley, Russell Hoban Russell Hoban Russell Conwell Hoban is an American writer, now living in England, of fantasy, science fiction, mainstream fiction, magic realism, poetry, and children's books-Biography:... , Diane Caw, Sarah Coomaraswamy |
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29 May 1987 | The Mafia | John Underwood John Underwood (PR adviser) John Underwood is a PR adviser, now executive director of Freshwater UK PLC. He founded the Clear consultancy in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including many editions of After Dark... |
Alex Manson, Doug Le Vien, Claire Sterling Claire Sterling Claire Sterling was an American author and journalist whose work focused on crime, political assassination, and terrorism... , David Mellor David Mellor David John Mellor, QC is a British politician, non-practising barrister, broadcaster, journalist and football pundit. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Secretary of State for National Heritage , before... , David Yallop David Yallop David Anthony Yallop is an agnostic British author who writes chiefly about unsolved crimes. In the 1970s he also contributed scripts for a number of BBC comedy shows... , Gaia Servadio, Bob Dick, Frank Pulley |
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5 June 1987 | Honest, Decent and True? | Professor Anthony Clare Anthony Clare Anthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist well known in the UK and Ireland as a presenter of radio and TV programmes.-Career:... |
John Ehrlichman John Ehrlichman John Daniel Ehrlichman was counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon. He was a key figure in events leading to the Watergate first break-in and the ensuing Watergate scandal, for which he was convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury... , Anthony Smith Anthony Smith (producer) Professor Anthony Smith, CBE, is a British broadcaster, author and academic, who was President of Magdalen College, Oxford University between 1988 and 2005.-Life:... , Mary Midgeley, Ann Burdus, Philip Bobbitt Philip Bobbitt Philip Chase Bobbitt is an American author, academic, and public servant who has lectured in the United Kingdom. He is best known for work on military strategy and constitutional law and theory, and as the author of Constitutional Fate: Theory of the Constitution , The Shield of Achilles: War,... , Hugh Montefiore Hugh Montefiore Hugh William Montefiore was Bishop of Birmingham from 1977 to 1987.He was a member of a famous Jewish family. His father was Charles Sebag-Montefiore . He was educated at Rugby School , St John's College, Oxford, and Westcott House, Cambridge... |
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12 June 1987 | Is Britain Working? | Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.... |
David Selbourne David Selbourne David Selbourne is a British political philosopher, social commentator and historian of ideas. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied Jurisprudence, held the Winter Williams Law Scholarship, and was awarded a Paton Studentship and the Jenkins... , Teresa Gorman Teresa Gorman Teresa Ellen Gorman is a British politician, and was Conservative Member of Parliament for Billericay, in the county of Essex in England until 2001 when she stood down... , Hilary Hook Hilary Hook Lieutenant-Colonel Hilary Hook was a soldier in armies of the British Empire in India and later in Africa.Hook was educated at Canford School, Dorset and after the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst he was commissioned into the Royal Tank Corps in 1938. He joined a cavalry regiment in India and... , Ezaz Ahmed Hayat, Adrian Lloyd, Billy Bragg Billy Bragg Stephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes... , 'Helen' |
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26 June 1987 | Killing With Care | Professor Ian Kennedy | Charlotte Hough, Ilora Finlay, Pieter Admiraal, Lord Soper, George Cant, Maggie Davis, Vicky Clement-Jones, John Finnis John Finnis John Finnis , is an Australian legal scholar and philosopher, specializing in the philosophy of law. He is Professor of Law at University College, Oxford and at the University of Notre Dame, teaching jurisprudence, political theory, and constitutional law... |
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3 July 1987 | Peace in Our Time | John Underwood John Underwood (PR adviser) John Underwood is a PR adviser, now executive director of Freshwater UK PLC. He founded the Clear consultancy in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including many editions of After Dark... |
Edward Teller Edward Teller Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb," even though he did not care for the title. Teller made numerous contributions to nuclear and molecular physics, spectroscopy , and surface physics... , Beatrix Campbell Beatrix Campbell Mary Lorimer Beatrix Campbell, OBE is a British campaigning journalist and author.Since the mid 1970s, she has published numerous articles and book reviews in such publications as Marxism Today, Red Rag, Time Out, Feminist Review, New Statesman, New Socialist, The Guardian, The Independent,... , Deidre Duffy, Rudolf Peierls Rudolf Peierls Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls, CBE was a German-born British physicist. Rudolf Peierls had a major role in Britain's nuclear program, but he also had a role in many modern sciences... , Enoch Powell Enoch Powell John Enoch Powell, MBE was a British politician, classical scholar, poet, writer, and soldier. He served as a Conservative Party MP and Minister of Health . He attained most prominence in 1968, when he made the controversial Rivers of Blood speech in opposition to mass immigration from... , Sergei Kapitsa |
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10 July 1987 | Klaus Barbie | Professor Ian Kennedy | Eli Rosenbaum Eli Rosenbaum Eli M. Rosenbaum was the director of the U.S. DOJ Office of Special Investigations , which was primarily responsible for identifying and deporting Nazi war criminals, from 1995 to 2010, when OSI was merged into the new Human Rights and Special Prosecution Section... , Neal Ascherson Neal Ascherson Charles Neal Ascherson is a Scottish journalist and writer.- Background :He was born in Edinburgh and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, where he read history. He was described by the historian Eric Hobsbawm as "perhaps the most brilliant student I ever had... , Gena Turgel, Philippe Daudy Philippe Daudy Philippe Daudy was, among other things, a member of the French Resistance, a journalist, a novelist, a publisher and a businessman. An Anglophile Frenchman, he moved to England and wrote a best-selling book about the English.-Origins:... , Paul Oestreicher Paul Oestreicher Paul Oestreicher is an Anglican priest.-Life and work:In 1938, shortly after he began school, his family had to leave Germany due to the Jewish ancestry of his father, the paediatrician Paul Oestreicher . They moved to New Zealand, where he grew up... , Jacques Vergès Jacques Vergès Jacques Vergès, born 5 March 1925 in Ubon Ratchathani, Siam , is a French-Vietnamese lawyer who has earned fame continually since the 1950s, first as an anticolonialist communist figure and then for defending a long string of well-known clients from anticolonialist Algerian militant Djamila... |
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Series 2
Date of broadcast | Title of programme | Host | Guests | BFI InView |
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19 February 1988 | Beyond the Law | John Underwood John Underwood (PR adviser) John Underwood is a PR adviser, now executive director of Freshwater UK PLC. He founded the Clear consultancy in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including many editions of After Dark... |
Colin Woods, Eileen Gray, Martin Short, Brian Woollard, David Napley David Napley Sir David Napley was a famous and influential solicitor in England.-Background:Sir David Napley was born in London of Jewish ancestry. He began his articles in 1935 at the age of only 16... , Ian Hunt, T Dan Smith |
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26 February 1988 | Marriage: What Do Women Want? | Stuart Hood Stuart Hood Stuart Hood is a Scottish novelist, translator and a former British television producer and Controller of the BBC's most popular television network, BBC One. He was born in Edzell, Angus, Scotland.-Life:... |
James Dearden James Dearden James Dearden is an English film director and screenwriter, the son of acclaimed English film maker Basil Dearden. He directed seven films between 1977 and 1999... , Carol McMillan, Julie Grant, Mary Whitehouse Mary Whitehouse Mary Whitehouse, CBE was a British campaigner against the permissive society particularly as the media portrayed and reflected it... , Joan Wyndham Joan Wyndham Joan Olivia Wyndham was a British writer and memoirist who rose to literary prominence late in life through the diaries she had kept more than 40 years earlier, which were an account of her romantic adventures during the Second World War, when she was an attractive teenager who had strayed into... , Naim Attallah Naim Attallah Naim Attallah is a businessman and writer. He was born in the former British Mandate of Palestine in 1931 and is the publisher of Quartet Books and backer of the Literary Review and The Oldie.... , Shere Hite Shere Hite Shere Hite is an American-born German sex educator and feminist. Her sexological work has focused primarily on female sexuality. Hite builds upon biological studies of sex by Masters and Johnson and by Alfred Kinsey... |
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4 March 1988 | No Place Like Home | Helena Kennedy | Susanne Reedes, Martin Daunton, Kathy Hearne, William 'Spider' Wilson, John Heddle John Heddle Bentley John Heddle , known as John Heddle, was a British Conservative Party politician.Heddle was Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Tamworth from 1979 to 1983, and for Mid Staffordshire from 1983 until his death in 1989 at the age of 46... , Sheila McKechnie Sheila McKechnie Dame Sheila Marshall McKechnie, DBE was a Scottish trade unionist, housing campaigner and consumer activist.... , Bill More |
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11 March 1988 | You Are What You Wear | Gaia Servadio | Brenda Polan, Bishop of Lewes, Bruce Oldfield Bruce Oldfield Bruce Oldfield OBE is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture occasionwear. He dresses Hollywood actresses, British and International royalty and European aristocracy; famous clients have included Sienna Miller, Barbra Streisand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diana Ross, Emmanuelle... , Nicholas Coleridge Nicholas Coleridge Nicholas David Coleridge CBE is the Managing Director of Condé Nast in Britain, the magazine publishing house that includes Vogue, Glamour, GQ, The World of Interiors, House & Garden, Conde Nast Traveller, Tatler, Easy Living, the Conde Nast Johansen hotel guides, Brides, Wired, Love and Vanity... , Terry Melville, Katherine Hamnett, Raghib Ashan |
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18 March 1988 | Licensed to Kill? | Paul Sieghart | Pauline Perry, Onora O'Neill, Michael Wiseman, Anthony Farrar-Hockley Anthony Farrar-Hockley General Sir Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, MC , affectionately known as 'Farrar the Para' , was a British soldier and a military historian who distinguished himself in a number of British conflicts... , Bridie Maguire, Arnold Dousse, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey |
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25 March 1988 | Iran/Iraq: A Holy War? | John Underwood John Underwood (PR adviser) John Underwood is a PR adviser, now executive director of Freshwater UK PLC. He founded the Clear consultancy in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including many editions of After Dark... |
Noel Pickering, Haleh Afshar Haleh Afshar Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar OBE is a British professor and a life peer in the House of Lords. She is a prominent Muslim feminist, and characterises herself as a Socialist and a Shi'a Muslim... , Norman Kirkham, Shusha Guppy, Ezzat Altamimi, Hoshyar Zebari Hoshyar Zebari Hoshyar Zebari is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq. A Kurd originally from Aqrah, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Zebari holds a masters degree in sociology from the University of Essex, England and studied political science in Jordan... , Hamid Houshangi, Dilip Hiro Dilip Hiro Dilip Hiro is a playwright, political writer, journalist, historian and analyst specializing in South Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East and Islamic affairs. He was born to Hindu parents in Larkana, British India, who migrated to independent India after partition in 1947. Hiro received a masters... |
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9 April 1988 | Horse Racing: Sport Of Kings? | Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.... |
Barney Curley, John McCririck John McCririck John McCririck is an English television horse racing pundit. He is notable not only for his racing opinions but also for his old-fashioned style of dress and mannerisms... , Duncan Keith, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, General Sir Cecil 'Monkey' Blacker Cecil Blacker General Sir Cecil Hugh Blacker GCB OBE MC was a senior British Army officer and a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:... , Alan Gibbons, Brian Radford, 'Michael' |
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16 April 1988 | What Is Prison For? | Professor Ian Kennedy | John Renton, John Masterson, Ken Murray, Terry Dicks, Tony Hoare, Yolande McShane | Yes |
23 April 1988 | Race and the Classroom: Education for All? | Helena Kennedy | Blake Bedford, Olna Manyan, Ray Honeyford, John Sentamu John Sentamu John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu is the 97th Archbishop of York, Metropolitan of the province of York, and Primate of England. He is the second most senior cleric in the Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.-Life and career:... , Ann Dummett, Dipak Basu, Lurline Champagnie Lurline Champagnie Lurline Champagnie is a Conservative Party councillor in the London Borough of Harrow, England, past Mayor of Harrow, and a candidate for the Conservative Party nomination for Mayor of London... |
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30 April 1988 | Bewitched, Bothered or Bewildered? | Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.... |
Moira Woods, Olivia Durdin-Robertson, Jack Shackleford, Jack Dover Wellman, Audrey Harper, Margot Adler Margot Adler Margot Adler is an author, journalist, lecturer, Wiccan priestess and radio journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio .- Early life :Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Adler grew up mostly in New York City... , Trevor Turner |
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7 May 1988 | Derry '68 Look Back in Anger? | Professor Ian Kennedy | Roy Bradford Roy Bradford Roy Hamilton Bradford was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland and a government minister in both the Parliament of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973.... , Paul Brennan Paul Brennan The Irish artist is a teacher at Willow Tree Primary School located in West LondonPaul Brennan is a traditional musician from County Down, Northern Ireland who has lived in London for a number of years.Brennan co-founded the Belfast School of Piping... , Henry Kelly Henry Kelly Patrick Henry Kelly is an Irish television presenter and radio DJ.Henry Kelly was born in Athlone, Co Westmeath, Ireland. He was educated at Belvedere College SJ, and at University College Dublin where he was Auditor of the Literary and Historical Society... , DeLores Tucker, Noirin Connolly, Eamonn McCann Eamonn McCann Eamonn McCann is an Irish journalist, author and political activist.-Life:McCann was born and has lived most of his life in Derry. He was educated at St. Columb's College in the city. He is prominently featured in the documentary film The Boys of St... , Glen Barr |
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14 May 1988 | Israel: Forty Years On | John Underwood John Underwood (PR adviser) John Underwood is a PR adviser, now executive director of Freshwater UK PLC. He founded the Clear consultancy in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including many editions of After Dark... |
Yohanan Lahav, Anton Shammas Anton Shammas -Biography:Anton Shammas was one of six children born to Hanna Shammas, a Palestinian Christian barber and shoemaker,and a Lebanese mother who moved to Fassuta in 1936 to teach French at the local girls' school... , Marie Colvin, Gerald Kaufman Gerald Kaufman Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament since 1970, first for Manchester Ardwick, and then subsequently for Manchester Gorton... , Moshe Amirav Moshe Amirav Moshe Amirav is widely considered by Political Science and Middle East academics and international media as one of the world experts on the conflict in Jerusalem.-Overview:... , Faisal Aweidah, Nadia Hijab Nadia Hijab Nadia Hijab is a prominent Palestinian political analyst, author and journalist who comments frequently on human rights and the Middle East, and the situation of the Palestinians in particular.-Biography:... |
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21 May 1988 | What is Sex For? | Professor Anthony Clare Anthony Clare Anthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist well known in the UK and Ireland as a presenter of radio and TV programmes.-Career:... |
Andrea Dworkin Andrea Dworkin Andrea Rita Dworkin was an American radical feminist and writer best known for her criticism of pornography, which she argued was linked to rape and other forms of violence against women.... , Anthony Burgess Anthony Burgess John Burgess Wilson – who published under the pen name Anthony Burgess – was an English author, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. The dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange is Burgess's most famous novel, though he dismissed it as one of his lesser works... , Jim Haynes, Julia Ronder, Jack Dominian, Roz Kaveney Roz Kaveney Roz Kaveney is a British writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and editor. She was born male but changed to and thereafter has lived as a female... |
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28 May 1988 | Winston Churchill | Trevor Hyett | David Irving David Irving David John Cawdell Irving is an English writer,best known for his denial of the Holocaust, who specialises in the military and political history of World War II, with a focus on Nazi Germany... , Lord Hailsham, Anthony Montague Browne, David Reynolds David Reynolds (English historian) David Reynolds FBA is Professor of International History and a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. He was educated at Dulwich College, then Cambridge and Harvard Universities. He has held visiting posts at Harvard, Nebraska and Oklahoma, as well as at Nihon University in Tokyo... , Jack Jones Jack Jones (trade union leader) James Larkin Jones, CH, MBE , known as Jack Jones, was a British trade union leader and General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union.-Early life:... , Jean Howard |
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4 June 1988 | Open to Exposure | Professor Ian Kennedy | Peter Hillmore, Lester Middlehurst, Harvey Proctor Harvey Proctor Harvey Proctor was a British Conservative Member of Parliament. He represented Basildon from 1979 to 1983 and Billericay from 1983 to 1987. Proctor became known for his right-wing views and for the manner in which scandal forced the end of his Parliamentary career.- Background :Proctor's father... , Annette Witheridge, Laurie Manifold, Christine Keeler Christine Keeler Christine Margaret Keeler is an English former model and showgirl. Her involvement with a British government minister discredited the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan in 1963, in what is known as the Profumo Affair.... , Nina Myskow Nina Myskow Nina Myskow is a British journalist and TV celebrity who appeared on New Faces and was also a columnist for The Sun and The News of the World under the byline "The Bitch on the box" in the 1980s... |
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11 June 1988 | South Africa | Trevor Hyett | Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s... , Dennis Worrall, Essop Pahad Essop Pahad Essop Goolam Pahad is a South African politician. He was Minister in the Presidency from 1999 to September 2008.-Early life:... , Breyten Breytenbach Breyten Breytenbach Breyten Breytenbach is a South African writer and painter with French citizenship.-Biography:Breyten Breytenbach was born in Bonnievale, Western Cape, approximately 180 km from Cape Town and 100 km from the southernmost tip of Africa at Cape Agulhas... , Nick Mitchell, Victoria Brittain, Ismail Ayob Ismail Ayob Ismail Mahomed Ayob is a South African lawyer. Ayob practiced law in South Africa and for much of his career; the bulk of his work was with anti-apartheid cases... |
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18 June 1988 | How Do You Survive a Murder? | Professor Anthony Clare Anthony Clare Anthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist well known in the UK and Ireland as a presenter of radio and TV programmes.-Career:... |
Lord Longford, Georgina Lawton, June Patient, Patricia Highsmith Patricia Highsmith Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist and short-story writer most widely known for her psychological thrillers, which led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train, has been adapted for stage and screen numerous times, notably by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951... , Peter Whent, David Howden, James Nelson, Sarah Boyle |
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25 June 1988 | Pornography | Helena Kennedy | Hanna Segal Hanna Segal Hanna Segal was a British psychoanalyst and a follower of Melanie Klein. She was president of the British Psychoanalytical Society, and vice-president of the International Psychoanalytical Association... , Paula Meadows, Bill Margold, Susanne Kappeler, James Bogle, David Hebditch, 'Dave' |
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2 July 1988 | Animal Rights | Beverly Anderson | Katie Boyle Katie Boyle Katie Boyle is an Italian-born British actress, television personality, and game show panelist, well known for appearing on TV panel games such as What's My Line? and for presenting the Eurovision Song Contest in the 1960s and 1970s.... , Rex Hudson, Ralph Cook, Miriam Rothschild Miriam Rothschild Dame Miriam Louisa Rothschild DBE, FRS was a British natural scientist and author with contributions to zoology, entomology, and botany.-Early life:... , Mark Gold, Judy MacArthur, Frank Evans Frank Evans (bullfighter) Francis "Frank" Evans is a British-born bullfighter, known as "El Inglés". He is reputed to be the only British bullfighter currently working professionally. He now holds Spanish citizenship.-Early career:... |
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9 July 1988 | After Cleveland | Trevor Hyett | Beatrix Campbell Beatrix Campbell Mary Lorimer Beatrix Campbell, OBE is a British campaigning journalist and author.Since the mid 1970s, she has published numerous articles and book reviews in such publications as Marxism Today, Red Rag, Time Out, Feminist Review, New Statesman, New Socialist, The Guardian, The Independent,... , Shirley Edwards, Ray Wyre, A father from Cleveland, Ralph Underwager Ralph Underwager Ralph Underwager was an American minister and psychologist who rose to prominence as a defense witness for adults accused of child sexual abuse in the 1980s and 1990s. Until his death in 2003, he was the director of the Institute for Psychological Therapies, which he founded in 1974... , Simon Court, 'John', Raine Roberts |
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16 July 1988 | British Intelligence | John Underwood John Underwood (PR adviser) John Underwood is a PR adviser, now executive director of Freshwater UK PLC. He founded the Clear consultancy in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including many editions of After Dark... |
Gary Murray, Alastair Mackie, Merlyn Rees, Robin Ramsay, Jock Kane, Robert Harbinson, H. Montgomery Hyde | Yes |
23 July 1988 | It's a Mad, Mad World? | Beverly Anderson | Errol Francis, Anne Newnham, Glynn Harrison, Sashi Sashidharan, Derek Francis, Pamela Taylor, Thomas Szasz Thomas Szasz Thomas Stephen Szasz is a psychiatrist and academic. Since 1990 he has been Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York. He is a well-known social critic of the moral and scientific foundations of psychiatry, and of the social... |
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30 July 1988 | Save the Whale, Save the World? | Roisin McAuley Roisin McAuley Roisin McAuley is the daughter of a chemist and grew up in Cookstown in County Tyrone in the 1950s, went to a convent boarding school, and then to Queen's University Belfast to study history. She joined BBC Northern Ireland as a newsreader and announcer, going on to become a reporter for BBC... |
Kieran Mulvaney, Heathcote Williams Heathcote Williams Heathcote Williams is an English poet, actor and award-winning playwright. He is also an intermittent painter, sculptor and long-time conjuror... , Petra Kelly Petra Kelly Petra Karin Kelly was a German politician and activist. She was instrumental in founding the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence worldwide.- Early life :... , James Lovelock James Lovelock James Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS is an independent scientist, environmentalist and futurologist who lives in Devon, England. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the biosphere is a self-regulating entity with the capacity to keep our planet healthy by controlling... , Tony Ball, C. W. Nicol C. W. Nicol Clive Williams Nicol, MBE is a Welsh writer and actor and a long-time resident and citizen of Japan.-Biography:C.W. Nicol was born in Neath, Wales, and from a young age expressed an interest in wildlife and the environment.... , Shigeko Misaki |
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6 August 1988 | Nicaragua | John Underwood John Underwood (PR adviser) John Underwood is a PR adviser, now executive director of Freshwater UK PLC. He founded the Clear consultancy in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including many editions of After Dark... |
John Silber John Silber John Robert Silber is an American academician and former candidate for public office. From 1971 to 1996 he was President of Boston University and from 1996 to 2003 Chancellor of the University. Since 2003 he has been its President Emeritus. In 1990, Silber took a leave of absence from the... , Alfred Sherman Alfred Sherman Sir Alfred Sherman, KBE, was a writer, journalist, and political analyst. Described by a long-time associate as "a brilliant polymath, a consummate homo politicus, and one of the last true witnesses to the 20th century", he began life as a Communist soldier in the Spanish Civil War but later... , Roberto Ferrey, Susan Morgan, Bianca Jagger Bianca Jagger Bianca Jagger is a Nicaraguan-born social and human rights advocate and a former actress and model... , Amalia Chomarro, Allan Francovich Allan Francovich Allan Francovich was an American film producer and director who made a series of films purporting to expose Central Intelligence Agency covert operations.... , John Bevan |
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13 August 1988 | Money | Henry Kelly Henry Kelly Patrick Henry Kelly is an Irish television presenter and radio DJ.Henry Kelly was born in Athlone, Co Westmeath, Ireland. He was educated at Belvedere College SJ, and at University College Dublin where he was Auditor of the Literary and Historical Society... |
Michael Lee, Owen Oyston Owen Oyston Owen John Oyston is a controversial self-made multimillionaire English businessman who is the majority owner of Blackpool F.C.. He was convicted of rape in 1996 and served three years of a six-year sentence in prison.... , Michael Bassett, Nicholas Van Hoogstraten Nicholas van Hoogstraten Nicholas van Hoogstraten is a British businessman and real estate magnate. van Hoogstraten is known for his business empire as well as his controversial life story: In 1968, he was convicted, and sent to prison, for paying a gang to attack a business associate... , Marie Jahoda Marie Jahoda Marie Jahoda was an Austrian- British social psychologist.-Biography:Jahoda was born in Vienna, Austria to a Jewish family, and like many other psychologists of her time, grew up in Austria where political oppression against socialists was rampant henceforward Dollfuß claimed power... , Hannah Ward, Frances Jankowski |
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20 August 1988 | Born to Serve? | Trevor Hyett | Peter Clarke, John Cawston, John Rentoul, Eva Figes Eva Figes Eva Figes is an English author.Figes has written novels, literary criticism, studies of feminism, and vivid memoirs relating to her Berlin childhood and later experiences as a Jewish refugee from Hitler's Germany. She arrived in Britain in 1939 with her parents and a younger brother... , Doris Williams, Jessica Mitford Jessica Mitford Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford was an English author, journalist and political campaigner, who was one of the Mitford sisters... , Pamela Hilton, Cora |
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27 August 1988 | Sentencing | Professor Ian Kennedy | Isabel Brydie, David Napley David Napley Sir David Napley was a famous and influential solicitor in England.-Background:Sir David Napley was born in London of Jewish ancestry. He began his articles in 1935 at the age of only 16... , Sarah Helm, Michael Argyle Michael Argyle (lawyer) His Honour James Morton Michael Victor Argyle QC MC was a judge at the Central Criminal Court of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1988... , Peter Herbert, John Coker, Vivian Berger |
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3 September 1988 | Alternative Medicine | Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.... |
Debra Freechild, Ronald Davey, James Randi James Randi James Randi is a Canadian-American stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation... , Jacques Benveniste Jacques Benveniste Jacques Benveniste was a French immunologist. In 1979 he published a well-known paper on the structure of platelet-activating factor and its relationship with histamine... , Erica Jones, Walter Stewart, David Reilly, Jonathan Miller Jonathan Miller Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE is a British theatre and opera director, author, physician, television presenter, humorist and sculptor. Trained as a physician in the late 1950s, he first came to prominence in the 1960s with his role in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe with fellow writers and... |
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10 September 1988 | Blacklist? | Professor Ian Kennedy | Harold Musgrove Harold Musgrove Harold Musgrove served as Chair of the Austin Rover Group from 1982 until 1986. He was replaced by Graham Day at the helm. During his time at Austin Morris he oversaw the sacking of Derek Robinson and the strike that followed. He also oversaw the introduction of the Maestro and Triumph Bounty;... , Hilary Wainwright Hilary Wainwright Hilary Wainwright is a British socialist and feminist, best known for being editor of Red Pepper magazine.-Personal life:Hilary Wainwright's father was the Liberal MP Richard Wainwright, and her brother, Martin, is the Northern Editor of The Guardian, to which she occasionally contributes.She... , Hugo Cornwall, Richard Norton-Taylor Richard Norton-Taylor Richard Norton-Taylor is a British editor, journalist and playwright.He is a security-affairs editor of the British newspaper The Guardian.-Early life and education:... , George Brumwell George Brumwell George Brent Brumwell CBE was a British trade unionist. He was General Secretary of the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians from 1992 to 2004.... , John Macreadie, Michael Noar |
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Series 3
Date of broadcast | Title of programme | Host | Guests | BFI InView |
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13 May 1989 | Out of Bounds | John Underwood John Underwood (PR adviser) John Underwood is a PR adviser, now executive director of Freshwater UK PLC. He founded the Clear consultancy in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including many editions of After Dark... |
Eddie Chapman Eddie Chapman Edward Arnold "Eddie" Chapman was an English pre-war criminal and wartime spy. During the Second World War he offered his services to Nazi Germany as a spy and a traitor whilst intending all along to become a British double agent. His British Secret Service handlers code named him 'ZIGZAG' in... , Tony Benn Tony Benn Anthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn, PC is a British Labour Party politician and a former MP and Cabinet Minister.His successful campaign to renounce his hereditary peerage was instrumental in the creation of the Peerage Act 1963... , Lord Dacre, James Rusbridger James Rusbridger James Rusbridger was a British author on international espionage during and after World War II.He was born in Jamaica, son of Gordon Rusbridger an Army colonel, and died in Cornwall. His career started in the naval design office of Vickers Armstrong... , Miles Copeland Miles Copeland, Jr. Miles Axe Copeland, Jr. was an American musician, businessman, and CIA officer who was closely involved in major foreign-policy operations from the 1950s to the 1980s... , Anthony Cavendish, Adela Gooch |
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20 May 1989 | Football – The Final Whistle? | Jancis Robinson Jancis Robinson Jancis Mary Robinson OBE, MW is a British wine critic, journalist and editor of wine literature. She currently writes a weekly column for the Financial Times, and writes for her website jancisrobinson.com... |
Peter Garrett Peter Garrett Peter Robert Garrett, AM, MP , is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and politician.Garrett was lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil from 1973 until its disbanding in 2002... , Rhodes Boyson Rhodes Boyson Sir Rhodes Boyson is a British educator, author and politician and a former Conservative Member of Parliament for Brent North... , Garth Crooks Garth Crooks Garth Anthony Crooks OBE is a retired English football player of Jamaican ancestry. He played principally for Stoke City and Tottenham, with whom he was a prolific goal scorer and an FA Cup winner at Wembley in 1981... , James Delaney, Cass Pennant Cass Pennant Carol "Cass" Pennant , is an English writer and former football hooligan.-Background:Pennant's mother emigrated from Jamaica while pregnant and he was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Six weeks old, he was abandoned and was placed into a Dr. Barnardo's Home... , Margaret Simey Margaret Simey Margaret Bayne Todd was a political and social campaigner born in Glasgow, but is usually more associated with Liverpool, settling there in the 1920s and becoming the first woman to achieve a degree in sociology... , John Williams, Eileen Delaney |
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27 May 1989 | Drugs – Is Britain Cracking Up? | Professor Ian Kennedy | Blue, Robert Lefever, Nell Campbell Nell Campbell "Little" Nell Campbell is an Australian actress, club owner and singer.-Early life:She was born in Sydney, to Ruth and Ross Campbell, a writer, who called her "Little Nell" in his family life column in the Sydney Daily Telegraph... , Terry Goddard Terry Goddard Samuel Pearson "Terry" Goddard III was the Attorney General of Arizona, from 2003 to 2011, who also served as Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona from 1984 to 1990.... , 'Louise', Margaret White, Allan Parry |
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3 June 1989 | Back in the USSR? | Professor Anthony Clare Anthony Clare Anthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist well known in the UK and Ireland as a presenter of radio and TV programmes.-Career:... |
Mikki Doyle, Vladimir Bukovsky Vladimir Bukovsky Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky is a leading member of the dissident movement of the 1960s and 1970s, writer, neurophysiologist, and political activist.... , Denis Healey Denis Healey Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC is a British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.-Early life:... , Martin Walker Martin Walker (reporter) Martin Walker is the Senior Director of the Global Business Policy Council . He has been a part of the GBPC since 1997 and was appointed as the Senior Director on January 25, 2007-Life:... , Tatyana Tolstaya Tatyana Tolstaya Tatyana Nikitichna Tolstaya is a Russian writer, TV host, publicist, novelist, and essayist from the Tolstoy family.- Family :She was born into a family of rich literary tradition. Her paternal grandfather was Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi, an important Russian-Soviet writer known as 'the Red... , Vitali Vitaliev Vitali Vitaliev Vitali Vitaliev is a Ukrainian-born journalist and writer who has worked in Russia, England, Scotland, Australia and Ireland.-Biography:... |
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10 June 1989 | Britain – Out on a Limb? | Beverly Anderson | Peter Ustinov Peter Ustinov Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter... , Kenneth Minogue Kenneth Minogue Kenneth Robert Minogue is an Australian political theorist who is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics.-Biography:... , Shirley Williams, Richard Perle Richard Perle Richard Norman Perle is an American political advisor, consultant, and lobbyist who began his career in government, a senior staff member to Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson on the Senate Armed Services Committee in the 1970’s... , Alastair Morton Alastair Morton Sir Alastair Morton was Chief Executive of Eurotunnel and Chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority and an industrialist of considerable achievements and renown.... , Josef Joffe Josef Joffe Josef Joffe is publisher-editor of Die Zeit, a weekly German newspaper. His second career has been in academia... , Edward Heath Edward Heath Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party .... |
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17 June 1989 | Rock Bottom? | Matthew Parris Matthew Parris Matthew Francis Parris is a UK-based journalist and former Conservative politician.-Early life and family:... |
Eartha Kitt Eartha Kitt Eartha Mae Kitt was an American singer, actress, and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit recordings of "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby." Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the... , Pauline Black, Simon Napier-Bell Simon Napier-Bell Simon Napier-Bell has undertaken many jobs in the music industry, including bandboy, manager, producer, songwriter, journalist and author and gourmet... , Pat Kane Pat Kane Pat Kane is a Scottish musician, and half of the pop duo Hue and Cry with his younger brother Greg.Independently of Hue & Cry, lead singer Kane writes on politics and culture... , Imruh Bakari, Jonathan Ashby |
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24 June 1989 | Pride and Prejudice | Beverly Anderson | Ole Espersen, Russell Watkyn, Jo Purvis, Ismond Rosen, Jennie Wilson, Martin Sherman Martin Sherman Martin Sherman is an American dramatist and screenwriter, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-nominated play Bent , which explores the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust... , Ken Skeates |
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1 July 1989 | What's Up Doc? | Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.... |
Ivor Daniels, Alex Comfort Alex Comfort Alexander Comfort, MB BChir, PhD, DSc was a medical professional, gerontologist, anarchist, pacifist, conscientious objector and writer, best known for The Joy of Sex, which played a part in what is often called the sexual revolution... , James Hammond, Ian McColl, Joanna Trowell, David Widgery David Widgery David Widgery was a British Trotskyist writer, journalist, polemicist, physician, and activist.Widgery was born in Barnet and grew up in Maidenhead, Berkshire... , Jane Rosbotham |
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8 July 1989 | Who Dares Wins? | Professor Anthony Clare Anthony Clare Anthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist well known in the UK and Ireland as a presenter of radio and TV programmes.-Career:... |
Frederick Martens, Tony Colston-Hayter, Victor Lownes Victor Lownes Victor Aubrey Lownes III An executive with Playboy Enterprises in various capacities, various vice-presidencies, always a close confidant of Hugh Hefner. Headed Playboy Europe and the UK Playboy Clubs from the mid-sixties until his dismissal in the early eighties... , 'Dougie', Mary-Ann Hushlak, Bishop of Willesden, David Berglas David Berglas David Berglas is a psychological illusionist and mentalist.-Early Life:Berglas escaped from Nazi Germany and fled to Britain at the age of 12. He later joined US Army in WWII, as an intelligence officer, after lying about his age... , Al Alvarez Al Alvarez Al Alvarez is an English poet, writer and critic who publishes under the name A. Alvarez and Al Alvarez.... |
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15 July 1989 | School's Out | Matthew Parris Matthew Parris Matthew Francis Parris is a UK-based journalist and former Conservative politician.-Early life and family:... |
Robert Munks, Adae Whitcombe, Sonia Leiper, Darren Brind, Nadeem Inayat, Paula McNamara, Kieran Clifton | Yes |
22 July 1989 | The Cost of Divorce | Professor Ian Kennedy | Denis Cooper, Marvin Mitchelson Marvin Mitchelson Marvin M. Mitchelson was an American celebrity lawyer who pioneered the concept of palimony, calling it "marriage with no rings attached."-Biography:... , George MacBeth George MacBeth George Mann MacBeth was a Scottish poet and novelist. He was born in Shotts, Lanarkshire.When he was three, his family moved to Sheffield.... , Sue Stapely, Gill Cooper, Elizabeth Browne, George Brown |
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29 July 1989 | What Is There To Believe In? | Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.... |
Lynette Burrows, Steven Rose Steven Rose Steven P. Rose is a Professor of Biology and Neurobiology at the Open University and University of London.-Life:... , David Holloway, Frank Cioffi, The Bishop of Durham David Edward Jenkins David Edward Jenkins is a Church of England cleric and former Bishop of Durham, a position he held from 1984 until 1994.Jenkins was born in Bromley, Kent and educated at St Dunstan's College, Catford... , Dorothy Rowe Dorothy Rowe Dr. Dorothy Rowe is an Australian psychologist and author, whose area of interest is depression. Dr. Rowe currently resides in the United Kingdom.... , Michael Bentine Michael Bentine Michael Bentine CBE was a British comedian, comic actor and founding member of the Goons. A Peruvian Briton by heritage as a result of his father's nationality, In 1971 Bentine received the Order of Merit of Peru because of his fund-raising work for the 1970 Great Peruvian... |
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2 September 1989 | Germany – 50 Years On | Professor Anthony Clare Anthony Clare Anthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist well known in the UK and Ireland as a presenter of radio and TV programmes.-Career:... |
Amity Shlaes Amity Shlaes Amity Ruth Shlaes is an American author and columnist from New York, who writes about politics and economics.-Education and career:... , Reinhard Spitzy, Albert Friedlander Albert Friedlander Albert Hoschander Friedlander was a rabbi and teacher.Friedlander, born on 10 May 1927 in Berlin was the son of a textile broker, Alex Friedlander and Sali Friedlander... , Christof Wackernagel, Donald Cameron Watt, Franz Schoenhuber, Jozef Garlinski Józef Garlinski Józef Garliński was a Polish historian and prose writer. He wrote many notable books on the history of World War II, some of which were translated into English... |
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9 September 1989 | Superpowers – All In The Mind | Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.... |
Martin Israel Martin Israel Martin Israel was an English pathologist, Anglican priest, spiritual director, and author of numerous books on Christian life and teaching.-Life:... , Ivy Northage, James Randi James Randi James Randi is a Canadian-American stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation... , Athena Pattengill, Stephen O'Brien, Susan Blackmore Susan Blackmore Susan Jane Blackmore is an English freelance writer, lecturer, and broadcaster on psychology and the paranormal, perhaps best known for her book The Meme Machine.-Career:... |
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16 September 1989 | What Do We Do With Sex Offenders? | Helena Kennedy | Gerald Silverman, John Coker, Ray Wyre, 'Peter', Maurice White, Nell McCafferty Nell McCafferty Nell McCafferty is an Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner and feminist. In her journalistic work she has written for The Irish Press, The Irish Times, Sunday Tribune, Hot Press and The Village Voice.... , Michael Bettsworth |
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23 September 1989 | Freud – 50 Years On | Professor Ian Kennedy | Donald Reeves, Jeffrey Masson, Hans Lobner, Stuart Sutherland Stuart Sutherland Norman Stuart Sutherland , always known professionally as Stuart Sutherland, was a British psychologist and writer.... , Isabel Menzies Lyth, Ralph Steadman Ralph Steadman Ralph Steadman is a British cartoonist and caricaturist who is perhaps best known for his work with American author Hunter S. Thompson.-Personal life:Steadman was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, and brought up in Towyn, North Wales... , Anna Raeburn Anna Raeburn Anna Raeburn is a British broadcaster and journalist who is famous for her role as an 'agony aunt' giving advice on life relationship and more general life problems. She is principally known for her work on Capital Radio in London.... |
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30 September 1989 | Body Beautiful – What Do We Want? | Sheena McDonald Sheena McDonald Sheena Elizabeth McDonald is a British journalist and broadcaster.- Education :She graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1976 before gaining a postgraduate certificate in radio, film and television studies from the University of Bristol. Whilst at university in Edinburgh, she had a... |
Mandy Mudd, Nabil Shaban Nabil Shaban Nabil Shaban is a British actor and writer. He founded The Graeae - a theatre group which promotes performers with disabilities. He has a son named Zenyel.... , Dee Wells, Arthur Marwick Arthur Marwick Arthur John Brereton Marwick was a professor in history. Born in Edinburgh, he was a graduate of Edinburgh University and Balliol College, Oxford. - Career :... , Molly Parkin Molly Parkin Molly Parkin , is a Welsh painter, novelist and journalist, who became most famous for exploits in the 1960s.Parkin was the second of two daughters, born and raised in Pontycymer in the Garw Valley, Wales... , Zoe Warwick, Suzanne Younger |
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7 October 1989 | Death Penalty? | Professor Anthony Clare Anthony Clare Anthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist well known in the UK and Ireland as a presenter of radio and TV programmes.-Career:... |
Sean O'Dochartaigh, Syd Dernley Syd Dernley Syd Dernley was dubbed, as also has been Albert Pierrepoint, "the last British hangman", although in fact he was not . More accurately, he was the last surviving hangman, following the deaths of both Pierrepoint and Allen in 1992... , Dorothea Morefield, Evelyn Ann Theobald, Peter Thornton, Michael Argyle Michael Argyle (lawyer) His Honour James Morton Michael Victor Argyle QC MC was a judge at the Central Criminal Court of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1988... , Guy Rais |
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14 October 1989 | Ethiopia | John Underwood John Underwood (PR adviser) John Underwood is a PR adviser, now executive director of Freshwater UK PLC. He founded the Clear consultancy in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including many editions of After Dark... |
Mark Bowden, Mary Dines, Richard Balfe Richard Balfe -Early life:Born in Barton Mills, Mildenhall, Suffolk, Balfe spent time in a children's home in Sheffield. He began working in a bakery in 1960 and joined USDAW... , Berhane Ghebrehiwot, Rebecca Astrate, Peter Bauer, Charles Stewart, Abadi Zemo |
Yes |
21 October 1989 | The Royal Family – Dallas or Palace? | Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.... |
Edgar Wilson, Andrew Morton Andrew Morton (writer) Andrew David Morton is a former British Fleet Street journalist, a notable writer and biographer.Before moving into a career in journalism, he attended grammar school, then studied history at the University of Sussex.... , Archduke Karl von Habsburg, Peregrine Worsthorne Peregrine Worsthorne Sir Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster. He was educated at Stowe School, Peterhouse, Cambridge and Magdalen College, Oxford. Worsthorne spent the largest part of his career at the Telegraph newspaper titles, eventually becoming editor of The Sunday Telegraph... , Gwyn Fitch, Peter Russell, Rhoda Koenig |
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28 October 1989 | Men and Women: What's the Difference? | Matthew Parris Matthew Parris Matthew Francis Parris is a UK-based journalist and former Conservative politician.-Early life and family:... |
Mary Stott Mary Stott Mary Stott was a British feminist and journalist. Stott was a journalist and columnist on the "Women's Page" of The Guardian.... , Maria Scherer, Malcolm Bennett, Hans Eysenck Hans Eysenck Hans Jürgen Eysenck was a German-British psychologist who spent most of his career in Britain, best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality, though he worked in a wide range of areas... , Helen Haste, David Stayt, Xaviera Hollander |
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4 November 1989 | What Makes MPs Run? | Trevor Hyett | David Lewis, Ken Livingstone Ken Livingstone Kenneth Robert "Ken" Livingstone is an English politician who is currently a member of the centrist to centre-left Labour Party... , Andrew Roth Andrew Roth Andrew Roth was a biographer and journalist known for his compilation of Parliamentary Profiles, a directory of British Members of Parliament, which is available online in The Guardian... , 'Barbara', Edwina Currie Edwina Currie Edwina Jonesnée Cohen is a former British Member of Parliament. First elected as a Conservative Party MP in 1983, she was a Junior Health Minister for two years, before resigning in 1988 over the controversy over salmonella in eggs... , Julia Langdon Julia Langdon Julia Langdon is a British journalist and writer.A political journalist since 1971, she became a lobby correspondent in 1974. Leaving The Guardian in 1984, she became political editor of the Daily Mirror in 1984, the first woman to hold the position on a national newspaper in the UK... , Julia Stonehouse |
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11 November 1989 | War and Peace | Professor Anthony Clare Anthony Clare Anthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist well known in the UK and Ireland as a presenter of radio and TV programmes.-Career:... |
Father Owen Hardwicke, Scilla Elworthy Scilla Elworthy Scilla Elworthy is the founder of the Oxford Research Group, a non-governmental organisation which seeks to develop effective dialogue between nuclear weapons policy-makers worldwide and their critics... , Anthony Farrar-Hockley Anthony Farrar-Hockley General Sir Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, MC , affectionately known as 'Farrar the Para' , was a British soldier and a military historian who distinguished himself in a number of British conflicts... , Jean Ward, Major the Rev'd David Cooper David Cooper (chaplain) The Reverend David Cooper was the Army Chaplain attached to the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment during the Falklands War of 1982. He was filmed for television news on 30 May 1982 officiating at the moving field burial service for the 18 Paras who were killed in the Battle of Goose Green,... , Wade Tidbury, Arthur Moyse |
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18 November 1989 | Space: How Far Should We Go? | Professor Ian Kennedy | Heinz Wolff Heinz Wolff Professor Heinz Wolff BSc. FIEE. FIBES FRCP FRSA is a German-British scientist, and television and radio presenter who was born in 1928. He is popularly known for his television and radio work, including the TV series The Great Egg Race.... , Stephen Donnelly, Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history... , Jocelyn Bell Burnell Jocelyn Bell Burnell Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell, DBE, FRS, FRAS , is a British astrophysicist. As a postgraduate student she discovered the first radio pulsars with her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish. She was president of the Institute of Physics from October 2008 until October 2010, and was interim president... , Whitley Strieber Whitley Strieber Louis Whitley Strieber is an American writer best known for his horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger and for Communion, a non-fiction account of his perceived experiences with non-human entities. Strieber also co-authored The Coming Global Superstorm with Art Bell, which inspired the film about... , Ian Watson, Tom Wilkie |
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25 November 1989 | Shall We Live In South Africa? | Professor Anthony Clare Anthony Clare Anthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist well known in the UK and Ireland as a presenter of radio and TV programmes.-Career:... |
Lady Bernard, Zoe Wicomb Zoe Wicomb Zoë Wicomb is an author.She attended the University of the Western Cape, and after graduating left South Africa for England in 1970, where she continued her studies at Reading University.... , Abdullah Ibrahim Abdullah Ibrahim Abdullah Ibrahim , born Adolph Johannes Brand, 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa, and formerly known as Dollar Brand, is a South African pianist and composer... , Donald Woods Donald Woods Donald James Woods, CBE was a white South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist.As editor of the Daily Dispatch from 1965 to 1977, he befriended Steve Biko, leader of the anti-apartheid Black Consciousness Movement, and was banned by the government soon after Biko's death, which had been... , Matthew Oliphant, Shula Marks Shula Marks Shula Eta Marks, OBE, FBA is emeritus professor of history at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.... , John Nash, Mike Ramsay |
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1 December 1989 | Terrorism | Professor Ian Kennedy | Ariel Merari, Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985... , Fred Holroyd Fred Holroyd Captain Frederick John Holroyd was a British soldier who was based at the British Army's 3 Brigade HQ in mid-Ulster, Northern Ireland during the 1970s. He enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Artillery, and three years later, in 1964, he was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps... , Richard Clutterbuck Richard Clutterbuck Richard Clutterbuck was a pioneer in the study of political violence. In his lifetime he was both a professional soldier and academic. Clutterbuck was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1937 after graduating in mechanical sciences from Cambridge... , Michael Opperskalski, Jillian Becker Jillian Becker Jillian Becker is a novelist, prize-winning story-writer, critic, journalist, lecturer, best known internationally as a writer, researcher, and authority on the subject of terrorism.-Life:... , Gordon Liddy |
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Series 4
Date of broadcast | Title of programme | Host | Guests | BFI InView |
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12 January 1991 | Arms and the Gulf | Professor Ian Kennedy | Tam Dalyell Tam Dalyell Sir Thomas Dalyell Loch, 11th Baronet , known as Tam Dalyell, is a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1962 to 2005, first for West Lothian and then for Linlithgow.-Early life:... , Bruce Hemmings, Robert Jarman, James Lunt, Joey Martyn-Martin, Adel Darwish Adel Darwish Adel Darwish is a British journalist, author, historian, broadcaster and political commentator, specialising on Middle Eastern politics.Darwish is a veteran Fleet Street foreign correspondent and has written for The Daily Telegraph and The Independent, as well as maintaining his online blog and... , Rana Kabbani |
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19 January 1991 | Survival – At What Cost? | Professor Anthony Clare Anthony Clare Anthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist well known in the UK and Ireland as a presenter of radio and TV programmes.-Career:... |
Sheila Cassidy Sheila Cassidy Dr. Sheila Cassidy is an English doctor, known for her work in the hospice movement, as a writer and as someone who, by publicising her own history as a torture survivor, drew attention to human rights abuse in Chile in the 1970s.-Early life:Cassidy grew up in Sydney, and attended the Our Lady of... , Richard Morefield, Brummie Stokes, Hugo Gryn Hugo Gryn Hugo Gabriel Gryn was a British Reform rabbi who was a popular broadcaster and a leading voice in interfaith dialogue.... , Karma Nabulsi, Monica McKibbin |
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26 January 1991 | Do Men Have To Be Violent? | Helena Kennedy | Antoinette Giancana, Neil Lyndon Neil Lyndon Neil Alexander Lyndon is a British journalist and writer who has written for every "quality" newspaper in Britain. Lyndon's 1992 book, "No More Sex War: The Failures of Feminism" was the world's first radical, egalitarian, and progressive critique of the subject... , Keith Simpson, Arthur Hyett Williams, Oliver Reed Oliver Reed Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough guy" roles... , Kate Millett Kate Millett Kate Millett is an American lesbian feminist writer and activist. A seminal influence on second-wave feminism, Millet is best known for her 1970 book Sexual Politics.-Career:... , Elliott Leyton Elliott Leyton Elliott Leyton Ph.D. is a Canadian social-anthropologist, educator and author who, according to the CTV television news network, is amongst the most widely consulted experts on serial homicide worldwide.... |
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2 February 1991 | Counting The Cost of a Free Press | Helena Kennedy | Duncan Campbell, Lord Lambton, Gordon Winter, Jane Moore Jane Moore Jane Moore is a British journalist, author and television presenter.-Early life:Moore was born in Oxford, England. Her father was a professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford, and her mother was a teacher... , Clare Short Clare Short Clare Short is a British politician, and a member of the Labour Party. She was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood from 1983 to 2010; for most of this period she was a Labour Party MP, but she resigned the party whip in 2006 and served the remainder of her term as an Independent. She... , Anthony Howard Anthony Howard (journalist) Anthony Michell Howard, CBE was a prominent British journalist, broadcaster and writer. He was the editor of the New Statesman, The Listener and the deputy editor of The Observer... |
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9 February 1991 | Abortion | Anthony Holden Anthony Holden Anthony Holden is an English writer, broadcaster and critic, particularly known as a biographer of artists including Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky, Leigh Hunt, Lorenzo da Ponte and Laurence Olivier, and of members of the British Royal family, notably Charles, Prince of Wales... |
Helen Brook, Michael Chapman, John Finnis John Finnis John Finnis , is an Australian legal scholar and philosopher, specializing in the philosophy of law. He is Professor of Law at University College, Oxford and at the University of Notre Dame, teaching jurisprudence, political theory, and constitutional law... , Wendy Savage Wendy Savage Professor Wendy Savage is a British gynaecologist, and advocate and campaigner of women's rights in childbirth and fertility.... , Alison Davis, Angela Farley, Mary Kenny Mary Kenny Mary Kenny is an Irish author, broadcaster, playwright and journalist. She was a founder member of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement, though she has modified her radical past, but not rejected feminist principles.... |
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16 February 1991 | Sexaholics | Kay Avila | Dirg Aab-Richards, Colin Brewer, Charlotte Davis Kasl, Corky McGuinness, Michael Seed Michael Seed Father Michael Seed is a Latin Rite Catholic, a Franciscan Friar and former Ecumenical Advisor to the Archbishop of Westminster. Seed is known for his involvement in helping several British celebrities and politicians in their journey to embrace Catholicism.- Early life :Michael Seed was born as... , 'Jackie', 'Mike' |
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23 February 1991 | Prisons: No Way Out | Professor Ian Kennedy | Theodore Dalrymple, Paul Dolese, Sheila Heather-Hayes, Tony Lambrianou, Joe Whitty, Taki Theodoracopolous, Mary Eaton, Jim Wood | Yes |
2 March 1991 | The Gulf: Counting The Cost | John Plender | Adnan Al-Bahar, Chris Cowley, Edward Heath Edward Heath Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party .... , Robert McGeehan, Lord Weidenfeld, Mona Bauwens, Adnan Khashoggi Adnan Khashoggi Adnan Khashoggi is a Saudi Arabian arms-dealer and businessman. He is also noted for his engagements with high society in both the Occident and Arabic-speaking worlds, and for his involvement in the Iran–Contra and Lockheed bribery scandals, and numerous other affairs... |
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9 February 1991 | After Rochdale | Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.... |
Beatrix Campbell Beatrix Campbell Mary Lorimer Beatrix Campbell, OBE is a British campaigning journalist and author.Since the mid 1970s, she has published numerous articles and book reviews in such publications as Marxism Today, Red Rag, Time Out, Feminist Review, New Statesman, New Socialist, The Guardian, The Independent,... , Andy Croall, Her Honour Jean Graham Hall, Sherrill Mulhern, John Shirley, Deborah Cameron, Wendy Lindsay, Bill Thompson |
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16 March 1991 | The Luck of the Irish? | Trevor Hyett | Father Patrick Buckley, Patrick John Cosgrave, J. P. Donleavy J. P. Donleavy James Patrick Donleavy is an Irish American author, born to Irish immigrants. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II after which he moved to Ireland. In 1946 he began studies at Trinity College, Dublin, but left before taking a degree... , David Norris, Emily O'Reilly, Paul Hill, Ethel Smith, Francis Stuart Francis Stuart Henry Francis Montgomery Stuart was an Irish writer. His novels have been described as having a thrusting modernist iconoclasm. Awarded the highest artistic accolade in Ireland before his death in 2000, his unwillingness to take a clear moral stance with regard to his years spent in Nazi... |
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23 March 1991 | What Should Teachers Learn? | Professor Anthony Clare Anthony Clare Anthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist well known in the UK and Ireland as a presenter of radio and TV programmes.-Career:... |
Peter Davies, Annis Garfield, Steve McCarthy, Zoe Readhead, Catherine Finnan, James Harries, Russell Profitt, Eleanor MacDonald | Yes |
31 March 1991 | Who Believes In Miracles? | Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.... |
Ann Diamond, Prof Teddy Hall Edward Thomas Hall Edward Thomas Hall CBE, Hon. FBA, FSA, D.Phil was a British scientist.-Life:Born in London, Hall was also a hot-air-balloon pilot and owner of Cameron O-84 Flaming Pearl G-AYAJ 1970-1990.... , Barbara Smoker Barbara Smoker Barbara Smoker is a British Humanist activist and freethought advocate. She is also former President of the National Secular Society , former Chair of the British Voluntary Euthanasia Society and current Honorary Vice President of the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association in the United Kingdom.-... , Matthew Fox Matthew Fox (priest) Matthew Fox is an American priest and theologian. Formerly a member of the Dominican order within the Roman Catholic Church, Fox is now a member of the Episcopal Church.... , Tom Wright, Hyam Maccoby Hyam Maccoby Hyam Maccoby was a British Jewish scholar and dramatist specializing in the study of the Jewish and Christian religious tradition. His grandfather and namesake was Rabbi Hyam Maccoby , better known as the "Kamenitzer Maggid," a passionate religious Zionist and advocate of vegetarianism and animal... , Ian Wilson Ian Wilson Ian Wilson may refer to:* Ian Wilson , Australian politician* Ian Wilson , Irish composer* Ian Wilson , English cinematographer... |
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6 April 1991 | Serial Success? | Matthew Parris Matthew Parris Matthew Francis Parris is a UK-based journalist and former Conservative politician.-Early life and family:... |
Jeremy Coid, Stefan Jaworzyn, Detective Ray Pierce, Michael Winner Michael Winner Michael Robert Winner is a British film director and producer, active in both Europe and the United States, also known as a food critic for the Sunday Times.-Early life and early career :... , Catherine Itzin Catherine Itzin Catherine Lenore Itzin was an Honorary Research Fellow in the Violence, Abuse and Gender Relations Research Unit, Department of Applied Social Studies at the University of Bradford... , John Sutcliffe, Helen Zahavi Helen Zahavi Helen Zahavi is an English novelist and screenwriter. Before becoming a writer she worked as a Russian translator, and has spent several years living in Paris.... |
Specials
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7 August 1993 | Bloody Bosnia | Professor Ian Kennedy | Fitzroy MacLean, Nikola Koljević Nikola Koljevic Nikola Koljević was a Serbian politician, university professor, translator and an essayist, one of the foremost Yugoslavian Shakespeare scholars.Koljević was born to a distinguished merchant family... , Gordana Knezević Gordana Knezevic Gordana Knezević is the former editor of Oslobođenje, and covered the siege of Sarajevo from 1992-1994. She has been based in Toronto, Canada as the online desk editor at Reuters since 1996... , Melanie McDonagh, Sean Gervasi, Amela, Branca Magas |
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30 May 1994 | Brave New World | Sheena McDonald Sheena McDonald Sheena Elizabeth McDonald is a British journalist and broadcaster.- Education :She graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1976 before gaining a postgraduate certificate in radio, film and television studies from the University of Bristol. Whilst at university in Edinburgh, she had a... |
Tom Shakespeare Tom Shakespeare Sir Thomas William Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet , better known as Tom Shakespeare, is a geneticist and sociologist. He has achondroplasia.... , Lewis Wolpert Lewis Wolpert Lewis Wolpert CBE FRS FRSL is a developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster.-Career:Wolpert was educated at the University of Witwatersrand , at Imperial College London, and at King's College London... , Anthony Fisher Anthony Fisher Bishop Anthony Fisher is the Catholic Bishop of Parramatta, NSW Australia and a friar of the Order of Preachers . He was installed as the third Bishop of Parramatta on 4 March 2010, having previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney.-Early life and education:Anthony Fisher... , Adrienne Asch, Germaine Greer Germaine Greer Germaine Greer is an Australian writer, academic, journalist and scholar of early modern English literature, widely regarded as one of the most significant feminist voices of the later 20th century.... , Brian Richards, Robert Winston Robert Winston Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and politician.-Early life and education :... , Claire Austin |
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21 January 1995 | Ireland: Sex & Celibacy, Church & State | Helena Kennedy | Garret FitzGerald Garret FitzGerald Garret FitzGerald was an Irish politician who was twice Taoiseach of Ireland, serving in office from July 1981 to February 1982 and again from December 1982 to March 1987. FitzGerald was elected to Seanad Éireann in 1965 and was subsequently elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael TD in 1969. He... , Gabriel Daly, Tom Stack, Eddie Humphries, Helena O'Donoghue, Emily O'Reilly Emily O'Reilly Emily O'Reilly is an author and former journalist and broadcaster who became Ireland's first female Ombudsman in 2003, succeeding Kevin Murphy.... , Mary Kenny Mary Kenny Mary Kenny is an Irish author, broadcaster, playwright and journalist. She was a founder member of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement, though she has modified her radical past, but not rejected feminist principles.... , Richard Sipe Richard Sipe A. W. Richard Sipe is a former Benedictine monk-priest of 18 years, a sociologist and author of 6 books about Catholicism American Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor trained specifically to deal with the mental health problems of Roman Catholic Priests... , Sinéad O'Connor Sinéad O'Connor Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U".... |
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17 August 1995 | Lethal Justice | John Underwood John Underwood (PR adviser) John Underwood is a PR adviser, now executive director of Freshwater UK PLC. He founded the Clear consultancy in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including many editions of After Dark... |
June Homer, James Grigson, Norman Parker, Norman Brennan Norman Brennan Norman Brennan was a Police serving Police Officer in London and retired in 2009 after serving 31 years, in which time he was awarded 9 commendations for bravery and outstanding Police work. His roles included frontline Policing, shield unit, advanced Police response driving, CID for 14 years... , Hanna Segal Hanna Segal Hanna Segal was a British psychoanalyst and a follower of Melanie Klein. She was president of the British Psychoanalytical Society, and vice-president of the International Psychoanalytical Association... , Don Cabana, Clive Stafford Smith Clive Stafford Smith Clive Adrian Stafford Smith OBE is a British [see talk] lawyer who specialises in the areas of civil rights and the death penalty in the United States of America.... |
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28 May 1996 | The Price of Life | Professor Ian Kennedy | Roger Gould, Julian Tudor Hart Julian Tudor Hart Julian Tudor Hart is a British physician.- Biography :He studied medicine at Cambridge University and in London.... , Martin Israel Martin Israel Martin Israel was an English pathologist, Anglican priest, spiritual director, and author of numerous books on Christian life and teaching.-Life:... , Richard Nicholson, Ron Zimmern, Paige Sipes Metzler, Marion Harris |
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13 September 1997 | After Diana | Helena Kennedy | Beatrix Campbell Beatrix Campbell Mary Lorimer Beatrix Campbell, OBE is a British campaigning journalist and author.Since the mid 1970s, she has published numerous articles and book reviews in such publications as Marxism Today, Red Rag, Time Out, Feminist Review, New Statesman, New Socialist, The Guardian, The Independent,... , Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie is a French historian whose work is mainly focused upon Languedoc in the ancien regime, particularly the history of the peasantry.-Early life and career:... , Victoria Mitford, Frank Prochaska, George Monbiot George Monbiot George Joshua Richard Monbiot is an English writer, known for his environmental and political activism. He lives in Machynlleth, Wales, writes a weekly column for The Guardian, and is the author of a number of books, including Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain and Bring on the... , Frank McQuerins, Claus von Bulow Claus von Bülow Claus von Bülow is a British socialite of German and Danish ancestry. He was accused of the attempted murder of his wife Sunny von Bülow by administering an insulin overdose in 1980 but his conviction in the first trial was reversed and he was found not guilty in both his retrials.-Biography:Born... |
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1 November 1997 | Abortion – Whose Choice? | John Underwood John Underwood (PR adviser) John Underwood is a PR adviser, now executive director of Freshwater UK PLC. He founded the Clear consultancy in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including many editions of After Dark... |
Gerard Casey Gerard Casey (philosopher) Professor Gerard Casey is a member of the School of Philosophy in University College Dublin . He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Maryvale Institute and an Adjunct Scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute... , Bernard Nathanson Bernard Nathanson Bernard N. Nathanson was an American medical doctor from New York who helped to found the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws, but later became a pro-life activist.-Early life and education:... , John Parsons, John Harris John Harris (bioethicist) John Harris, FRSA, FMedSci , is a British bioethicist and philosopher. He is the Lord Alliance Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation at the University of Manchester. He was educated at the University of Kent and Balliol College, Oxford... , Josephine Barnes Josephine Barnes Dame Alice Josephine Mary Taylor Barnes, DBE , known professionally as Dr. Josephine Barnes, was a leading obstetrician and gynaecologist.... , Fay Weldon Fay Weldon Fay Weldon CBE is an English author, essayist and playwright, whose work has been associated with feminism. In her fiction, Weldon typically portrays contemporary women who find themselves trapped in oppressive situations caused by the patriarchal structure of British society.-Biography:Weldon was... , Sarah Walsh |
BBC FourBBC FourBBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
series
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22 February 2003 | Iraq: What's Oil Got To Do It? | Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.... |
Jonathan Aitken Jonathan Aitken Jonathan William Patrick Aitken is a former Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, and British government minister. He was convicted of perjury in 1999 and received an 18-month prison sentence, of which he served seven months... , Ray Leonard, Hannah Sell Hannah Sell Hannah Sell has been a leading member of the Socialist Party of England and Wales and its predecessor, the Militant tendency since the 1980s. She was a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party in 1988 and 1989 representing the Labour Party Young Socialists... , Colleen Graffy Colleen Graffy Colleen Graffy is a former deputy United States Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and professor of law at Pepperdine University's London campus.... , Miriam, Norah Sabri, Nabil Musawi, Robert Mabro |
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1 March 2003 | Child Protection: How Far Should We Go? | Helena Kennedy | Esther Rantzen Esther Rantzen Esther Louise Rantzen CBE is an English journalist and television presenter who is best known for presenting the BBC television series That's Life!, and for her work in various charitable causes. She is founder of the child protection charity ChildLine, and also advocates the work of the Burma... , Tom O'Carroll Tom O'Carroll Thomas Victor O'Carroll is a dual nationality Irish/British writer, activist for pedophilia and pedophilia advocacy, and a convicted distributor of child pornography... , Bill Thompson, June Taylor, Jeremy Coid, Peter Garsden, Christian Wolmar Christian Wolmar Christian Wolmar is a British journalist, author, and railway historian of Swedish and Russian descent. He is best known for his books and commentary on transport, especially as a pundit on Britain's railway network, and was named Transport Journalist of the Year in the National Transport Awards in... |
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8 March 2003 | Terrorism: Who Wins? | Professor Sir Ian Kennedy | Albie Sachs Albie Sachs Albie Sachs was a judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa. He was appointed to the court by Nelson Mandela in 1994 and retired in October 2009... , Mohammad al-Massari Mohammad al-Massari Dr. Mohammad Al-Massari is an exiled Saudi physicist and political dissident who gained asylum in the United Kingdom in 1994. He runs the Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights and is an adviser to the Islamic Human Rights Commission.... , Jim Swire Jim Swire James Swire is an English doctor best known for his involvement in the aftermath of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, in which his daughter Flora was killed.-Early life and career:... , Silke Maier-Witt, Michael Swetnam, David Shayler David Shayler David Shayler is a British journalist and former MI5 officer. Shayler earned notoriety after being prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act 1989 for his passing secret documents to the Mail on Sunday in August 1997 that alleged that MI5 was paranoid about socialists, and that it had previously... |
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22 March 2003 | Stop the War? | Sheena McDonald Sheena McDonald Sheena Elizabeth McDonald is a British journalist and broadcaster.- Education :She graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1976 before gaining a postgraduate certificate in radio, film and television studies from the University of Bristol. Whilst at university in Edinburgh, she had a... |
Michael Randle Michael Randle Dr. Michael Randle is best known as a peace campaigner and peace researcher, one of the pioneers of nonviolent direct action in Britain, and also for his role in helping the Soviet spy George Blake escape from a British prison in 1966.... , Lord Hannay David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick David Hugh Alexander Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick, GCMG, CH is a British diplomat.He is married to Gillian Hannay and has four sons and eight grandchildren.... , Alice Nutter, Ruth Wedgwood Ruth Wedgwood Ruth N. Wedgwood is an American law professor who holds the Edward B. Burling Chair in International Law and Diplomacy at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, in Washington, D.C.- Family origins :... , Ken O'Keefe Kenneth O'Keefe Kenneth Nichols O'Keefe is an Irish-American activist and former US Marine. He led the human shield action to Iraq and was a passenger on the MV Mavi Marmara during the Gaza flotilla raid... , Tony Robinson, Robert Fox, Daniel Mason |
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29 March 2003 | Iraq: Truth and Lies? | John Underwood John Underwood (PR adviser) John Underwood is a PR adviser, now executive director of Freshwater UK PLC. He founded the Clear consultancy in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including many editions of After Dark... |
Saad Hattar, Corinne Souza, Gerald James Arms-to-Iraq The Arms-to-Iraq affair concerned the uncovering of the government-endorsed sale of arms by British companies to Iraq, then under the rule of Saddam Hussein... , David Gore-Booth David Gore-Booth Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth, KCMG, KCVO was a British diplomat.-Family and education:Twin son of late Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth, GCMG, KCVO... , Jenny Moore, Haitham Rashid Al-Withaib Haitham Rashid Wihaib Haitham Rashid Wihaib was former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's minister of protocol from 1980 to 1993.Wihaib's father was an Iraqi general who was killed in a car accident orchestrated by Saddam. Wihaib studied in France for several years during the 1970s, earning three doctorates... , Yosri Fouda Yosri Fouda Yosri Fouda , born in Egypt, is a journalist who initially worked for the BBC's short-lived Arabic-subsidiary covering the ongoing struggle in Bosnia with veteran reporter Martin Bell. He currently works for the independent Cairo-based ON TV, which is largely owned by Egyptian businessman Naguib... |