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William Neal and bathtub boat (1983)

Genre

News report

Report on 22 year-old British Merchant Navy Seaman William Neal and his attempt to sail 1700 miles in a 6-foot bathtub fitted with a motor engine. On the problems he has encountered with the Swedish Navy on...

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Lamont cuts interest rates (1993)

Genre

Press conference

Chancellor Norman Lamont speaks to press following his 1 percent cut in interest rates to 6 percent. Says British industry has now been given the conditions for economic recovery, and it is essential...

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Murder of anti-nuclear campaigner Hilda Murrell (1990)

Genre

Interview

Simon Bowden interviews the chairman of the CND, Bruce Kent, on the suspicious circumstances around the death of campaigner Hilda Murrell 6 years ago. He is calling for further investigations. For FM...

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Mannheim helicopter crash - Skydiver on reaction (1982)

Genre

Interview

Stuart(?) Ashford, Swansea skydiver, on public reaction to a helicopter crash in Mannhein in West Germany. 23 French, 9 British and 6 West German parachutists died, most of them members of skydiving clubs...

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Terence Beckett on British industry (1986)

Genre

Interview

Sir Terence Beckett, retiring Director-General of the CBI, says British industry is in better shape than it was 6 or 7 years ago. He says that the CBI has changed the way it does things, and that national...

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Precious bane (1985)

Genre

Fiction; Serial

Precious Bane, a novel by Mary Webb, set in rural Shropshire at the time of the Battle of Waterloo, about a girl with a hare-lip. In 19 parts. In this episode Book 4, Chapter 4 (Pt 2); Book 4, Chapters 5, 6...

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Soviet cosmonauts return to earth (1978)

Genre

News report

Report on the return to earth of Soviet cosmonauts Colonel Vladimir Kovalyonok and Alexander Ivanchenko after four and a half months in space on board the space station Salyut 6, breaking the endurance...

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The Hound of The Baskervilles [Episode 4, 5 and 6] (1987)

A complete novel of Sherlock Holmes. Drama for radio in 28 episodes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Hamish Wilson. This CD is episodes 4, 5 and 6. See Episode 1, 2, 3 in C1000/112/87/1 and continuation...

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Frozen beef row (1993)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Food Minister Nicholas Soames on a row over the consumption of beef frozen for 6 years, from the EU intervention board, and if it should be labelled differently. He says it is safe to eat and...

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Gillian Shephard on unemployment rise (1992)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Employment Secretary Gillian Shephard on the latest unemployment figures showing a small rise, unemployment now stands at 9.6 percent or 2.72 million. And on the need for the economy and...

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