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Auberon Waugh claims semtex benign invention (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on remarks in his right wing magazine column by journalist and author Auberon Waugh, saying Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher should retire and that semtex is a benign invention. Follows bombing of the...

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Inventions that changed the world (1985)

A series aimed at the under-16s which takes a lighthearted look at the history of invention. Amongst the subject covered are the use of metals and discovery of bronze, the inventions of modern printing, the...

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Crime prevention award for Guardian Angels (1989)

Genre

Interview

Margaret Shiels interviews Dr Alec Dickson, founder of the Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO), on an award being presented to the controversial Guardian Angels vigilante group who patrol London Underground....

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John cat’s eyes Cunningham on his time in RAF (1984)

Genre

Interview

Paul Maurice interviews Royal Air Force night fighter ace John Cunningham on the planes he flew in the RAF and the invention and use of radar in World War Two.

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Thomas Sopwith 100th birthday (1988)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Tommy Sopwith, son of Sir Thomas Sopwith, inventor of the First World War fighter plane, the Camel who is 100 today. On some of his early racing flights in 1910/11; invention and construction...

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Military intelligence in World War II (1978)

Genre

Interview

Bob Holness interviews Professor R. V. Jones about military intelligence and the invention of radar in World War II; coincides with publication of his autobiography Most Secret War.

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Child gender test devised (1980)

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

Report on the invention of a new simple saliva test, devised by a Swiss company, All Marketing Ltd, which will enable parents to determine the gender of their child in advance of its birth and on the ethical...

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