A Year To Remember - 1987
History • 59m
In this episode: The kidnapping in Beirut of Terry Waite - Barbados: Mick Jagger's friend, Jerry Hall, gets into trouble with the local police - Liberace dies at the age of 67 - Princess Diana opens Britain's first purpose-built ward for AIDS patients - Richard Branson flies across the Atlantic in a hot-air balloon - Native American's meeting with the pontiff
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A Year To Remember - 1989
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A Year To Remember - 1990
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