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Prescription medicines (1978)

Genre

Interview

Tim Astill of the National Pharmaceutical Association describes new measures that mean people will need a doctor’s prescription for such products as travel sickness remedies, cough preparations, etc. He...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Matthews People: David Hemery (1984)

Interview with David Hemery, champion hurdler. Born July 18, 1944. He talks about his life and his career. David Hemery won the Olympic 400 metre title from lane 8, traditionally the worst lane in Mexico...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Deep Purple special (1987)

To coincide with the release of Deep Purple’s new album, ‘House of the Blue Light’, Alan Freeman went to Montreal and talked to the group members - Roger Glover, Ian Gillian, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Ronan Point tower block (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the decision of Newham Council to evacuate and eventually demolish the Ronan Point tower block in east London. The design of the structure is considered unsafe after part of it collapsed following...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

History of Ronan Point tower block and safety worries (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the history of Ronan Point, a tower block in Newham, east London, which raised doubts about the safety of large panel system buildings after a section collapsed due to a gas explosion in 1968....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Political reform movement grows in Czechoslovakia (1989)

Genre

Interview

The communist leadership in Czechoslovakia continues to turn a blind eye to the growing reform movement, and has approved violent measures taken by police last week. A student leader in the 1968 uprising...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Michael Stewart on Falklands sovereignty claims (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with former British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart about accusations that the Labour Government agreed to cede the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands in 1968. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Demonstration in Prague - Eyewitness report (1989)

Genre

Interview

Nicky Broyd interviews Bruno Becik(?) during demonstrations in Prague against the communist regime. He recalls the protests of spring 1968, when Soviet troops crushed the efforts of Alexander Dubcek to...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

One man operation on circle line (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with deputy leader of the NUR, Charles Turnock, about objection to one man operation on the Circle Line as part of pay negotiations despite the NUR signing an agreement on the issue in 1968. Female...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

George Brown resigns from the Labour Party (1976)

Genre

Interview

Lord George-Brown discusses his resignation from the Labour Party, and his family’s reaction to the news. Lord Brown says his wife would have tried to make him reconsider his decision if he had told her...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio