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Record lottery jackpot (1996)

Genre

Interview

Three people are to share this week’s bumper lottery jackpot of over 42 million pounds. Each one receives over 14 million, but the size of the payout has come in for criticism from church groups. The...

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A tramp abroad (1985)

Genre

Serial; Non-fiction

Reading from Mark Twain’s travel book, A Tramp Abroad, based on his travels in central and southern Europe and published in 1880. Chapters 42-48. Male reader not identified.

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John Mundya on broadside warship weapons (1981)

Genre

Interview

John Munday of the National Maritime Museum on the history of broadside warship weapons. He says the biggest shot fired from a battleship weighed 42 pounds. Male interviewer not identified.

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (1996)

Genre

Parliamentary debate; Speech

House of Commons statement by Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell on the findings of a committee set up to analyse the transmission pattern of CJD, which has now struck ten people under 42 years of age within...

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MV Derbyshire inquiry (1987)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on inquiry finally opening today in London into the loss of 42 crew and two wives when the MV Derbyshire ship sank six hundred miles off Taiwan. Includes interview with Paul Lambert, brother of...

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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)....

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Terry Parry on delay in reaching agreement on extra firemen (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Terry Parry, Fire Brigades Union (FBU) leader about the delay in reaching an agreement on extra firemen for the 42-hour week, the standards of fire cover and recruitment of new firemen. Male...

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Brian Rushbridge on offer to firemen (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Fire Brigade management spokesman Brian Rushbridge on a new offer to firemen, with the possibility of 42-hour week, recruitment of new firemen and negotiations with the FBU (Fire Brigades...

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Freckleton: the lost generation (1984)

A documentary about a tragedy that happened in the small village of Freckleton, in Lancashire, on the 23rd of August of 1944. An American Liberator bomber B-24 42-50291, on a test flight, crashed into the...

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Kenneth Baker supports Thatcher as leader (1989)

Genre

Interview

New Conservative Party chairman, Kenneth Baker says the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is a strong and determined leader, despite the polls showing 42 percent of voters think she should resign now....

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