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Britons trapped in Kuwait (1990)

Genre

Speech

Statement by an unidentified male (Foreign Office official or Government minister?) on the situation of Britons in Kuwait. He describes as grave and sinister the instruction given to Britons by Iraqi forces...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Interview with schoolteacher on the aftermath of war; Interviews about the effects of the Argentine invasion (1982)

Track 1- Interview with schoolteacher Jenny Felton on the aftermath of war, 29-11-1982. The two schoolteachers from Reading who left the Falkland Islands shortly after the Argentine invasion in April are now...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Britons working abroad (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a spokesman for ECO(?), about the dangers of cultural and social differences for Britons working abroad. Male speaker and female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Warning to Britons in Uganda (1986)

Genre

Public information; Speech

BBC World Service announcement from the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary to Britons in Uganda, warning them to take precautions against troubles in the country and leave if it is safe to do so. Male...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Britons accused of Malta fire released (1987)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on three Britons eventually released after having been accused of starting a fire at a conference centre on Malta. Chris Forbes, one of the men who had been working on the new building before the fire...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Mission to free Britons held in Iraq (1990)

Genre

Interview

Interview with 2 relatives of Britons held hostage in Iraq as human shields talk about their mission to Iraq to attempt to get them released and the circumstances of their situations: Pat Hall, mother of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Border crossing from Iraq to Jordan (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

James Mathews reports on how westerners have been stopped crossing the Iraq-Jordan border, how Iraqi troops are stealing food and other supplies in Kuwait, how two convoys of Britons were held at gunpoint...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Britons die in French coach crash (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

Gareth Furby reports on a coach crash in France which killed 11 Britons when a front tyre blew out and it overturned. Includes description of the scene; surivivors Peggy Wood and Norman Wood interview;...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

200 Britons held in Baghdad hotel (1990)

Genre

News report; Speech

Response to Iraq’s holding 200 Britons in a hotel in Baghdad; with an extract from a speech by British Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, who denies overreacting, and a statement from Labour’s Foreign...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Britons arrested by Amin for spying (1976)

Genre

Interview; News report

Interview with British academic Denis Hills about the two Britons (Graham Clegg and Jack Tully) arrested in Uganda on spying charges (08/76). Hills claims President Idi Amin is angry with Britain and this is...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio