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Knowledge rather than skill in engineering? (1979)

Genre

Press conference

Statement about how the British education system is affecting the engineering world, as importance is placed on knowledge rather than practical skill. Male speaker not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Matthews Interview: Bishop Eric Wilde (1981)

Mike Matthews talks to Rev. Eric Wilde, Bishop of Reading. He talks about his life and how he is amazed to realise that so many people in Berkshire are hungry and thirsty for spiritual knowledge! [Box 2]

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Terry Waites brother on his abduction (1987)

Genre

Interview

Terry Waite’s brother on living with the knowledge of his captivity in Lebanon; how Terry will cope; whether they will appeal to kidnappers once they know who they are; his prior knowledge of the risks....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Worker participation (1977)

Genre

Interview

Interview on why workers on the shop floor are disgruntled with management and the need to harness their knowledge when developing an industrial strategy. Male speaker not identified, interviewer not heard.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Role of witchdoctors in Zimbabwe (1980)

Genre

News report; Interview

Peter Sharp reports back on the possible role of the country’s witchdoctors in Zimbabwe’s health service after Zimbabwe gained independence. Male studio reporter identified only as Richard ?.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Shergar kidnap (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Shergar syndicate committee member, who denies he had any knowledge about the committee’s negotiations for the recovery of the racehorse, kidnapped from the Aga Khan’s Ballymany stud farm...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Major denies prior knowledge in BCCI bank collapse (1991)

Genre

Speech

Prime Minister John Major House of Commons speech claiming he was completely unaware of fraud at BCCI bank and did not see audit accounts when he was Chancellor. BCCI has now collapsed.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Winnie Mandela denies killing at her house (1989)

Genre

Speech

Winnie Mandela statement denying any knowledge of the death of a boy at her house, she believes he is still alive. Follows bloodstained clothing being found and 4 men taken for questioning from her house.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Reverend on contraceptive campaign (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Reverend Gordon Mansfield on a campaign to prevent girls under the age of sixteen being prescribed the contraceptive pill without their parent’s knowledge. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

US perspective on Mary Rose (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Russell Reynolds, President of the American Mary Rose Trust, on the money they raised for the operation and knowledge of the warship in the USA, following its successful raising from the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio