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Houses versus homes (1975)

Genre

Speech

Unidentified male speaker on the importance of the home, as opposed to the house. A home, he says, preserves traditions and values; in planning, bricks and mortar are not enough. He also talks about the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Morning Call Archive No.5: A selection of interviews: Beaulieu ghosts; Ned Sherrin; Dawn Allan; Pat Stacy; George Melly - nd [1984]

Morning Call Archive No.5: A selection of interviews from Radio Victory’s Morning Call series, compiled as an archive reel by the station. TRACKS 1-3: ELIZABETH VARLEY, daughter of Lord Montagu II Baron of...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

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...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

City of London customs and traditions (1980)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Jingle; Music

As London prepares for the Lord Mayor’s Show, this programme investigates the customs and traditions of the financial sector - the City - including Lord Mayor’s role and his carriage, Chief Commoner...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Britons working abroad (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a spokesman for ECO(?), about the dangers of cultural and social differences for Britons working abroad. Male speaker and female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Notting Hill Carnival (1981)

Genre

Interview

Excerpt of interview with organiser Clive Olivier(?) explaining the role of the Notting Hill Carnival in settling racial tensions. Interviewer not heard.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Judith Okely on Gypsies (1983)

Genre

Interview

Social anthropologist Judith Okely, author of The Traveller-Gypsies, on some of the myths associated with this ethnic group, and some of its members’ beliefs and practices. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

A sprig of shamrock (1979)

Genre

Music; Feature

Dick Phillips takes a look at the Irish Guards on St Patrick’s day. The tradition of the regiment, and St Patrick’s Day, and the history of the regiment. Includes interviews with regiment members and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Two British men arrested in Saudi Arabia (1978)

Genre

Interview

British Vice Consul, Gordon Kirby on the arrest of two British men in Saudi Arabia. The men had spent time alone with an unmarried Egyptian air stewardess. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Thatcher speaks to Ukrainian parliament (1990)

Genre

Speech

On the third day of her visit to the Soviet Union, UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher addresses the Ukrainian parliament on the traditions associated with democracy in Britain. 2nd clip with Thatcher...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio