#bbc-world-service

December 15, 1980 – Turning Oil Into Gold – Turning Central Park Into Strawberry Fields – December 15, 1980 - CBS World News Roundup - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - December 15, 1980 - A day of war, strife, oil and remembrance. Starting with news of a meeting of OPEC countries, meeting in Bali and the discussion was raising the price of a barrel of Crude Oil. This time the...

The Jam In Concert – 1981 – Past Daily Soundbooth –   The Jam - In Concert at Golders Green - December 19, 1981 - BBC In Concert Series - BBC Radio 1 - The Jam in concert tonight. One of the bands that epitomized Punk and Mod revival, The Jam were huge throughout the UK and the rest of Europe. Why they didn't achieve the same level of mania in the States that they did back home...

February 20, 2002 – Korea, Gaza And Haj – February 20, 2002 - BBC World Service - World Briefing - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - February 20, 2002 - a view of the world this day 15 years ago. Further evidence, not much has changed. The Middle East was headlining the news this day, with reports of Israeli aircraft, warships and tanks hitting Palestinian targets in the West Bank and...

August 20, 1991 – In Walked Yeltsin – Past Daily – August 20, 1991 - The view from Moscow on this day was anything but settled. Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin spearheaded protests and the backlash against the Coup takeover of the Moscow government. The coup installed a leader, but support was faltering, and even the Army were defecting in large numbers to oppose the...