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Alternative medicine (1985)

A series of programmes which sets out to clear up the myths surrounding alternative medicines. In the series Neeve Ferguson visits various clinics of alternative medicine, ranging from the better known...

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Happy Birthday Jack (1985)

aka: The story of John George Phillips - Chief Wireless Operator on board the SS Titanic

John George Phillips was the Chief Wireless Operator on board the SS Titanic. This programme, best described as a radio ballad, looks at the events leading up to the sinking of the ‘Titanic’ through the...

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Under the Arch of the guns: presented by ‘The Soldier Poets’ (1988)

A collection of versus presented by the Soldier Poets. Programme made up of the verses of the soldier poets of World War I. Sound effects and music have been added to dramatise the verses. Recorded on 29 of...

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A Chance to live (1985)

Marion Wrigley, a Preston housewife, spent the last few weeks of her life setting up an appeal to raise cash for research and to seek for donors to help sufferers of the rare bone marrow disease Aplastic...

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Sheila Walsh in concert (1985)

aka: Rock Gospel ‘Live’ for Christmas

A recording of a rare one-off concert by top Gospel artist Sheila Walsh - host of TV’s Rock Gospel Show’. Her albums have topped Gospel music charts. For the concert she teams up with Mark Williamson and...

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Holloway: Britain’s biggest women’s prison (1985)

This feature investigates recent reports of horrifying self-mutilation at Britain’s biggest women’s prison, Holloway. Tales have emerged of treatment which has led to women slashing their arms and breasts...

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The Banks of Newfoundland (1985)

Devised by Sean Street, this programme explores the history of the Dorset fishing trade during the last century, those engaged in which risked life and limb to set up a new living in Newfoundland. The...

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Robin’s best: a collection with the best of Robin Ross show (1985)

Hear how...Toyah’s auntie died a proud lady...why Bob Geldof won’t give up...what Feargal Sharkey thinks about contracts...why Elton John is passionate about football...how Midge Ure and Mark King worked...

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Bing Hitler in the night of the long Skean Dhus [Part 2] (1986)

Bing Hitler is the creation of Scots new wave comic Craig Ferguson. For this special production for IR he teamed up with Scots actor David Sillars who plays Dean Hitler in this recording made at Glasgow’s...

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Bing Hitler in the night of the long Skean Dhus [Part 1] (1986)

Bing Hitler is the creation of Scots new wave comic Craig Ferguson. For this special production for IR he teamed up with Scots actor David Sillars who plays Dean Hitler in this recording made at Glasgow’s...

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