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  1. Marcus Hooper on cross-channel swim (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with 12-year-old Marcus Hooper following his cross-channel swim, the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel. Male interviewer not identified. Mono poor quality recording.

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  2. Cross-channel 75th anniversary flight (1984)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Patrick Lindsay on his flight across the channel to mark the 75th anniversary of the first cross-channel flight by Frenchman Louis Bleriot. Male interviewer not identified.

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  3. Richard Edgeley on choice of Kings Cross as second Channel Tunnel terminal (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Richard Edgeley, British Rail’s European passenger manager, on the choice of Kings Cross as the second Channel Tunnel London terminal. Edgeley on the station being more accessible for many customers than...

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  4. Cross channel flight (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    American Brian Allen successfully flies across the English Channel on his pedal-powered pedalplane. He talks of his achievement.

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  5. Channel Tunnel rail link route decided (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Eurotunnel Chief Executive Sir Alastair Morton says the Government’s decision for the Channel Tunnel rail link to go through East London to King’s Cross and not Kent to South London will be a disaster....

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  6. Channel Tunnel rail link route decided (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Transport Minister Roger Freeman discusses the decision to run the Channel Tunnel rail link into Stratford and King’s Cross instead of through Kent to South London as proposed by British Rail and whether...

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  7. Conservative conference - Channel Tunnel rail link route (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind announces that the Channel Tunnel rail link will run through London’s East End to King’s Cross and not through Kent to South London as British Rail wanted; it is met...

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  8. Across the Channel (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Special

    Across the Channel: Channel Swim race. Report on the cross-Channel swimming race, 1981 including talking to competitors before and after. Interviews and speeches: Cindy Nicholas, Kevin McIntosh, Ian Muir,...

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  9. Channel Tunnel fire warning (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Ben Brown interview with David Matthews, national health and safety officer of the Fire Brigade Union, warning that a fire in the Channel Tunnel would make the Kings Cross underground disaster pale into...

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  10. Dinghy rescue for Belgian tourists (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a male lifeboat service rescuer (not identified) on the ill-judged attempt by a group of forty Belgian tourists to cross the channel in a flotilla of motorised rubber dinghies. Male...

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