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Nigel Mansell wins Indy car championship (1993)

Genre

Interview

2 clips of an interview with Nigel Mansell on his Indy Car victory in Pennsylvania, which saw him take the championship title (the first Briton and first reigning Formula One champion to do so). Interviewer...

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M4 attack on Iraqi doctor - nd [1975-1986]

A report on the attack on the M4. Detectives are at the Royal Berkshire Hospital this evening, interviewing the 31-year-old Iraqi doctor attacked on the M4. He was spotted by 2 lorry drivers in his blue car...

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ASLEF rail strike - car sharing scheme (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview on the subject of commuter car sharing in London during the current disruption on the railways due to a series of ASLEF stoppages over flexible rostering. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.

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Squeegees in London (1991)

Genre

News report; Vox pop

Report on the issue of windscreen cleaners - or squeegees - on road junctions. Unidentified female reporter talks to squeegees and car drivers alike, and receives a mixed response.

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Fuel tanker driver strike (1979)

Genre

Vox pop

Vox pop with car drivers giving their opinions on the tanker driver strike and panic buying. Male reporter not identified.

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Mike Hailwood obituary (1981)

Genre

Obituary; Interview

Obituary following the death of car and motorcycle racing driver Mike Hailwood who was killed in a road accident along with his young daughter. Includes interview with Mr Hailwood at the Isle of Man TT race....

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Piccadilly Circus bomb (1992)

Genre

News report; Interview

Paul Rowley reports on the detonation of a bomb close to Piccadilly Circus. Suspected IRA terrorists forced a taxi driver (nicknamed Jimmy the Greek) to deliver the car bomb into the heart of London. It is...

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Tony Benn on energy conservation (1977)

Genre

Interview

Energy Secretary Tony Benn declares his plans to spend 300 million pounds on energy conservation over 4 years. He claims the returns on this programme could be as large as 700 million pounds a year, in ten...

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Miners strike - Funeral of David Wilkie, killed by pickets (1984)

Genre

News report; Speech

Report on the funeral of taxi driver, David Wilkie, who died when striking miners threw a concrete block from a bridge onto his car as he was driving a non-striking miner to work in Wales. In his formal...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.100: Programme 100 of a weekly news and sports review (1988)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO.100 Programme 100 of a weekly news and sports review called OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK; broadcast by independent radio station OCEAN SOUND on 25th September 1988 Presented by PETE...

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