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Islington siege (1977)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the end of a siege in an Islington council flat involving Stuart Brickell (24/10/77-3/11/77); interview with male local resident. Female reporter not identified. Sound is in mono.

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The Business Programme No.77 (1990)

The Business Programme No.77, broadcast on Monday evenings and presented by Rob Thomas. TRACK 1- Hotels - Why millions of pounds are being spent on Hotels along the M27. Interviews with: Stephen Denford,...

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Maurits Caransa kidnapping (1977)

Genre

News report

Report on kidnapping of Maurits Caransa, Dutch property millionaire on 29/10/77. He was released on 22/11/77. Both male reporters are not identified, the LBC reporter may be Vivian White.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Mary Bell absconds (1977)

Genre

Vox pop

Dave Newman interviews residents who witnessed convicted child murderer Mary Bell’s recapture after absconding from Moor Court open prison in Staffordshire on 11/9/77. She was recaptured on 13/9/77.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Cable & Wireless profits (1977)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on Cable and Wireless doubling its pre-tax profits for 1976-77 to a record £58.2 million (12/10/77); Therese Birch interviews Peter McCunn, Chief Executive.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Cyprus hostage situation (1978)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male speaker on a hostage situation in which eleven people are being held captive by two men on a Cypriot jet thought to be flying to Beirut. Male interviewer not identified. (Possibly relating...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Pilot on aeroplane hijacking (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the unidentified male pilot of a hijacked Cypriot aeroplane, in which he explains the difficulties he faced in negotiating with various countries to try and land the plane. Female interviewer...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Islington siege (1977)

Genre

News report

Report on a continuing siege in a council flat at Myddelton Passage in Islington, north London, after 42-year-old Stuart Brickell barricaded himself and threatened police with a machete (24/10/77-3/11/77)....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

1980s news clips - Screams from hijacked plane (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Martin Frizell reports on the hijacked Kuwaiti plane (poss. Kuwait Airways Flight 221) stuck at Tehran, Iran (poss. December 1984). Includes the recording of the screams of a hostage on the plane and an...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Kuwait Airways hijacking - Mother of hostage (1984)

Genre

Interview

Beryl Beeston, the mother of British flight engineer Neil Beeston, talks about her concerns after her son was taken hostage on Kuwait Airways Flight 221 (hijacked en route from Kuwait City to Karachi and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio