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Douglas Hurd on Official Secrets Bill (1988)

Genre

Interview

Home Secretary Douglas Hurd is under fire for his new-look secrecy laws. The Official Secrets Bill, published last night, is designed to replace the discredited Official Secrets Act, in force since...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

First official broadcast on FM 102.3 (1990)

Music only. Includes commercials. [Box 3]

ILR South Radio Online Audio

West German Chancellor’s first official visit to East Germany (1989)

Genre

News report; Vox pop

Reporting from Dresden on the occasion of West German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl’s first official visit to East Germany, Catherine Field gauges the East German public’s response to the Chancellor. The...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

First official male au-pair in UK (1993)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Croatian male au-pair Drazen Vitolovic(?) on being the first official male au-pair in the UK following changes to Home Office regulations, what the job is like and if he will study while he is...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Rob Andrew on his Newcastle appointment in the first rugby union transfer (1995)

Genre

Interview

England and former Wasps rugby player Rob Andrew on his delight at being appointed Rugby Development Director of Newcastle Sporting Club, in the first official transfer since rugby union went preofessional...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Hua Guofeng in Paris (1979)

Genre

News report

Report on the visit of Chinese leader Hua Guofeng to the Elysee Palace in Paris, France in Oct 1979 - the first official journey by a Chinese communist leader to a Western country. Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Queen’s visit to Luxembourg (1976)

Genre

News report; Speech

Andrew Manderstam reports on the Queen’s first visit to Luxembourg and the contents of her speech at an official banquet.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Kurt Waldheim’s Nazi past (1986)

Genre

News report

Report on the first official statement of Kurt Waldheim, the new Austrian President. He continues to deny that he was involved in Nazi atrocities during the Second World War. Female reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Rugby union goes professional and makes first transfer (1995)

Genre

Interview

Entrepreneur Sir John Hall on his appointment of England rugby player Rob Andrew as Rugby Development Director of Newcastle Sporting Club in the first official transfer since rugby union went professional...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Mount St Helens eruption aftermath (1980)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Sam Frear, Forest Service official, on the effects of the eruption of Mount St Helens volcano in Washington state in the United States and the people who died. It was the first eruption for...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio