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Liddle Towers case (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the decision of Attorney General Samuel Silkin, to reopen the case of Liddle Towers who died in police custody in County Durham (05/02/76); includes interview with sister, Marion Woods; solicitor,...

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Harold Wilson surprise resignation (1976)

Genre

Interview; News report

Peter Murphy reports on Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s surprise resignation (16/03/76). Includes Harold Wilson speaking on why he is leaving, why now, and what it’s like being Prime Minister.

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Cecil King and wife tied up and robbed (1976)

Genre

Interview

Steve Sailah interviews Ruth King, wife of former Mirror Group owner Cecil King, in which she describes how she and her husband were tied up and robbed by masked gunmen at their home in Dublin, Ireland...

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James Callaghan on becoming Prime Minister (1980)

Genre

Interview

James Callaghan, who became Prime Minister on 05/04/76 following the resignation of Harold Wilson, says his ambition is to prepare Britain for the 1980s and to bring down unemployment. Cataloguer’s note:...

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USSR space failure (1976)

Genre

News report

Report on Soviet splashdown after failure of Soyuz-23 mission. Cosmonauts, Lieutenant-Colonel Vyacheslav Zudov and Lieutenant-Colonel Valery Rozhestvensky were recovered from a lake in Asia were blown off...

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Frank Maguire MP on his presence at Westminster (1976)

Genre

Interview

Frank Maguire MP (Fermanagh & South Tyrone) explains why he came over from Ireland to support the Government in 11/76. He denies any government deal to improve the lot of IRA detainees. Male interviewer...

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Death of Mao Tse-Tung (1976)

Genre

News report

Peter Griffiths(?) of Reuters reports on mourners filing past Mao Tse-Tung’s body in the Great Hall of the People, Peking and of other marks of mourning in the city following his death (09/09/76). It is...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Business Programme No.76 (1990)

The Business Programme No.76, broadcast on Monday evenings and presented by Rob Thomas. TRACK 1- Local bus companies - Bus operators People’s Provincial consider second bid for Southern Vectis. Interviews...

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Death of Graham Sutherland (1980)

Genre

Interview; Tribute

Telephone interview with art historian Sir Kenneth Clark on the life and career of British artist Graham Sutherland, following his death on 17/02/80 at 76. He talks about the portrait Sutherland painted of...

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Dora Bloch murder - Brother in-law on identification (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the brother-in-law (not identified) of Entebbe hijack victim Dora Bloch, on trying to identify her body, three years after her murder (07/76), allegedly by forces loyal to former Ugandan...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio