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Christopher Reeve paralysed (1995)

Genre

Interview

Actor Christopher Reeve speaking after visiting a spinal injury unit to help him prepare for his role as a wheelchair bound detective in the film Above Suspicion. He said then that he couldn’t imagine...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ocean Sound This Week No.59: Programme 59 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 59 Programme 59 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 6 December 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER....

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Funeral of PC Philip Olds (1986)

Genre

News report; Speech; Music

Report on the funeral of Queen’s Gallantry Medal recipient PC Philip Olds, who had struggled unsuccessfully to walk again after being shot whilst on duty. Includes speech by the Reverend John Spinks, and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Cherry Groce shot by police (1985)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report and interviews with Dorothy Groce, known as Cherry Groce, and her brother Tony Young, on her condition and how she feels after being shot by police when they were looking for her son Michael (the shot...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Medical negligence compensation sets precedent (1991)

Genre

News report; Interview

Tim Crook reports on the case and damages awarded against Herefordshire Health Authority for the negligence of care to a patient, after 6-year-old Rebecca Field suffered paralysis and brain damage at birth....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Jimmy Savile and Consultant Isaac Nuseibeh on injured Beirut boys (1987)

Genre

Interview

2 clips. 1: DJ Jimmy Savile talks about how two young boys from Beirut are settling in to Stoke Mandeville Hospital, where they are receiving treatment for injuries sustained in their home country. 2:...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Death of PC Philip Olds (1986)

Genre

Interview; News report; Obituary

Report on the death of Queen’s Gallantry Medal recipient PC Philip Olds. Olds had been paralysed after being shot whilst on duty. Includes facts on his personal life, his state of mind, and his...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Court verdict on two men who shot and paralysed police officer (1981)

Genre

Interview; News report; Press conference

Report on the court case of two men who shot and paralysed a policeman during an armed raid on an off-licence. Stuart Blackstock and Leslie Cook(?) were found not guilty of trying to murder PC Philip Olds...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio