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Trafalgar Square policing (1983)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on alleged Home Office criticism of Metropolitan Police procedures during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Trafalgar Square in London. A number of police were injured and hospitalised during the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Beijing fighting continues (1989)

Genre

News report

Report from Jonathan Annells in Beijing, on rival factions of Chinese troops in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Many foreigners are trying to leave the country. Female news anchor not...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Capital Classics (1986)

aka: The Wren Orchestra of London at St. Johns Smith Square [Part 1 and 2]

A classical music concert from St. Johns Smith Square in London, performed by The Wren Orchestra, on Sunday 11 of May of 1986. Parts 1 and 2.

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Inquest into New Years Eve Trafalgar Square deaths (1983)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the inquest into the deaths of widow Joan Leary and 21 year-old Deborah Smith at Trafalgar Square on New Year’s Eve December 1982. Verdicts of misadventure were recorded for both. With comment...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Prague change of government (1989)

Genre

News report; Vox pop; Music

Series of clips by Nicky Broyd on change of government in Czechoslovakia. 1. Singing at a demonstration in Prague. 2. Vox pop on planned general strike.3. Report on reaction in Wenceslas Square, Prague, to...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

China denies Tiananman massacre (1989)

Genre

Press conference

A Chinese army official speaks to press through an interpreter denying the massacre in Tiananmen Square in Peking (now called Beijing) almost two weeks ago. He says no one was beaten up or killed during...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

A noxious gas stank in Berkeley Square (1978)

Genre

Interview

Fireman Paul Dempsey gives an interview after attending a chemical leak in Berkeley Square in central London. As yet the Fire service are still speculating over the cause and the origin of the chemical. 21...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Tiananmen Square feature (1989)

Genre

Feature

Reporter documents the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in Beijing, China, leading up to the Tiananmen Square Massacre on 4 June 1989. The progression of events as they unfold, sharing his experience of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Duo Duo on Beijing demonstrations (1989)

Genre

Interview

The Chinese poet Duo Duo (real name Li Shizheng), speaking through an interpreter after arriving at Heathrow this morning from Peking, talks to Gareth Furby about his experience of the Tiananmen Square...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Police comment on New Year celebrations (1996)

Genre

Interview

Police Chief Superintendent Michael Messenger on the potentially dangerous, silly behaviour of some revellers during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Trafalgar Square.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio