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The 1990s. New Labour and Cool Britannia become buzzwords and Pavarotti and Górecki take the pop charts by storm. The United Kingdom loses a beloved princess, while South Africa gains a new president. There's hope in Northern Ireland on Good Friday, but horror in Kosovo. The UK hears new music by Adès, Birtwistle causes a rumpus at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms and every Sunday night the country stops to spend time with Mr Darcy on the ´óÏó´«Ã½.

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Archive:

1997 ´óÏó´«Ã½ news election results
1998 ´óÏó´«Ã½ news item on Brit Pop "/programmes/p01wvk3s
1999 Close Up: Mad Tracey From Margate (´óÏó´«Ã½) - Tracy Emin interview
1998 ´óÏó´«Ã½ Newsnight – Kirsty Wark on Kosovo
1997 ´óÏó´«Ã½ radio announcement of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales
1997 ´óÏó´«Ã½ news report on Mother
1997 Tony Blair press call
1990 Statement from ´óÏó´«Ã½ news on Nelson Mandela’s release; interview with Desmond Tutu
1994 ´óÏó´«Ã½ news Nelson Mandela sworn in as President
1997 Blue Peter – interview with JK Rowling
1995 Points of View – Ann Robinson on complaints from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms
1992 Ghostwatch (´óÏó´«Ã½ – Screen One)
1992 Points of View item on Ghostwatch
1995 Pride and Prejudice (´óÏó´«Ã½)
1990 ´óÏó´«Ã½ news report – unification of Germany
1998 ´óÏó´«Ã½ news / ´óÏó´«Ã½ NI reports on Good Friday agreement
1990 Grandstand introduction by Des Lynam
1990 ´óÏó´«Ã½ news item Bobby Charlton presents Pavarotti with a platinum disc