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Michael Barratt on gardening book (1977)

Genre

Interview

Tricia Ingrams interviews Michael Barratt, television presenter and journalist, on his new book entitled Michael Barratt’s Complete Gardening Guide (published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson). He discusses the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Down To Earth No.7: One of a series of Gardening programmes (1985)

Down To Earth No.7: One of a series of Gardening programmes. Presented by Dave Carson. No guest. [Box 11]

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Gardening Week (1985)

Ten features which look at various aspects of gardening under two main themes - ‘Chemical Gardening’ and ‘Tools for the Job’. Topics covered include lawn care, pruning roses, weed killing, safety,...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Percy Thrower obituary (1988)

Genre

Interview; Obituary

Obituary by Rodney Bennett of the gardening broadcaster Percy Thrower, for more than forty years the leading face and voice of British gardening on television and radio, including on LBC’s AM programme...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Wendy Hiller on life and career (1988)

Genre

Interview

Film and theatre actress Dame Wendy Hiller talks about her current role in Driving Miss Daisy as an elderly woman and views on ageing; her early career; playwright George Bernard Shaw; roles on stage and in...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

A place in the country (1986)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Music; Speech

A Place in the Country. Chartwell: Part 1, by Steve Allen. Documentary feature on Chartwell, the former home of Sir Winston Churchill. Includes interviews with Grace Hamblin, former assistant secretary to...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Fix-it phone-in (trailer) (1985)

Genre

Trailer

Trailer by Clive Bull for his LBC Saturday morning programme, the Fix-It Phone-In.

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Chelsea Flower Show starts (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report

Dickie Arbiter reports on the start of the 1984 Chelsea Flower Show. Includes interviews with exhibitors Robert Hillier and John Hayes.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Yorkshire welder on two pound carrot (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a male Yorkshire welder (not identified) and friend and singer Ken Hollings(?) on growing a two pound carrot by playing music to it. Male interviewer not identified. Sound is in mono.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Queen Mother at 85 (1985)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Music; Speech

Biography of the Queen Mother on her 85th birthday based on an ITV programme. Covers her life including the war, her husband’s death, Scotland, farming, gardening, horse racing and her royal duties....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio