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London airports expansion inquiry (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview

Paul Maurice reports on the inquiry into airport expansion in London. With comment from British Airports Authority director of planning, Don Turner; director of airport planning for British Airways, Tom...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Business Programme No.60 (1989)

The Business Programme, broadcast on Monday evenings and presented by Rob Thomas. Track 1- Going for growth in the water business. Interview with John Knights, managing director, Hydrefficiency International...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Silverstone: the end of an era (1986)

This programme is particularly topical as the Silverstone Circuit has been awarded the Formula One British Grand Prix for the next five years commencing 1987. Jimmy Brown retired last year (1985) as Managing...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

British Leyland settlement (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report

Interview with Bill McLean, British Leyland Director of Employee Relations on workers’ acceptance of new pay offer. Interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

British couple evacuated from Lebanon (1984)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a British couple who were evacuated from West Beirut, Lebanon. The woman is pregnant with their first child and plans to give birth back at home in Scotland. The man is awaiting instruction as...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

New sleeper service launched by British Rail (1982)

Genre

Interview

Cyril Bleasdale, Director of British Rail Inter-City, on the launch of a new overnight sleeper service, and on the modernisation of the trains. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

All-out strike at British Leyland (1979)

Genre

Interview

Top union negotiator Grenville Hawley on shop stewards’ recommendation of an all-out strike at British Leyland. Personnel director Pat Lowley has said a strike would be a disaster. Male interviewer not...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

British Gas defends price increases (1994)

Genre

Interview

Mike Alexander, a Managing Director at British Gas, defends the price rises announced for domestic customers and hopes customers will take up the discount option (direct debit customers to get 5 percent...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

British Gas monopoly may be broken (1993)

Genre

Interview

Interview from the radio car with the Director of the Gas Consumers Council Ian Powe on the proposed new framework for British Gas which would introduce competition gradually breaking its monopoly, following...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

John Nelson on British Rail prices increase (1992)

Genre

Interview

Managing Director of Network East, John Nelson explains why British Rail must increase its prices. He says the recession has caused a fall in passenger numbers and there is no money to invest in the railway...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio