Results

General election - Thatcher on campaign (1983)

Genre

Election coverage; Speech

Speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 17/05/83 to Conservative Central Office staff during the launch of the party campaign and the publication of the manifesto for the 1983 General Election.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

USS Stark dead remembered (1987)

Genre

Speech

Speech by US President Ronald Reagan, remembering the victims of an attack on the USS Stark, hit by two Iraqi exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf (17/05/87) at a memorial service. Thirty-seven sailors were...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Disorderly conduct in the House of Commons (1976)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Ed Boyle and Peter Allen report on a particularly disorderly sitting of the House of Commons (27/05/76). With contributions from Conservative Michael Heseltine, Scottish nationalist Winnie Ewing, and Liberal...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Cambridge 84 [Part 5 and 6] (1984)

aka: 28th Cambridge Folk Festival 84

A 28th folk music festival in Cambridge on the days 27, 28 and 29 of July 1984, with the performance of several bands and groups. This CD contains 2 programmes: 5 and 6 as mentioned above

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Alexander Kielland oil rig disaster - rescue operation (1980)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a male diver (not identified) about the rescue operation following the capsizing of the Norwegian Alexander Kielland oil rig in the Ekofisk field in the North Sea (27/03/80). Male interviewer...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

By-election results - Liberal reaction (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Liberal MP Cyril Smith about the results in recent by-elections in Berwick and East Lothian, and Pontefract and Castleford (27/10/78) which saw defeats for both Liberal Party candidates,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

GMWU Isle of Grain blockade (1980)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on a blockade by General and Municipal Workers Union (GMWU) pickets at the Isle of Grain power station site in Kent in defence of 27 laggers who have been in dispute over bonuses since 08/79. Includes...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

ILR listeners increase (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with male ILR representative (poss. John Thompson) on increase of number of listeners across all age groups and times to Independent Local Radio (ILR) to 17,000,000 found by an independent survey....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

News bulletin announces Falkands invasion (1986)

Genre

News bulletin; News report

17.00 IRN news bulletin, read by Bill Bingham, announcing the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands. Includes diplomatic correspondent David Spanier reporting on unofficial acceptance by the British...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Tories may rebel over VAT on fuel (1994)

Genre

Interview

The Conservative Government is facing the very real threat it may lose next week’s debate on extending VAT on fuel to 17.5 percent. Tory rebel Teresa Gorman MP says Government whips are already trying...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio