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Iran hostages release - celebrations in America (1981)

Genre

News report

Report on the reactions in America to the news that diplomat hostages are to be released from Iran. Male reporter not identified. (The hostages were finally released on 20/01/81).

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Pakistani asylum seekers held in Syria (1982)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male journalist on the subject of eleven Pakistani asylum seekers detained in a hotel in Damascus, Syria, after their Boeing aircraft was hi-jacked in 03/81. Female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

1980s news clips - Space shuttle Columbia launched (1989)

Genre

Speech; Special

Recording of the launch of the US space shuttle Columbia on 12/04/81. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of the decade.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Police view on schoolgirl murder in Windsor (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Detective Chief Superintendent Kenneth Linney about the murder of schoolgirl Claire Wollterton(?), in Windsor, Berkshire in 08/81. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Seychelles coup (1981)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Seychelles official Robert Grandcourt on his government’s version of what happened in the country on the 25/11/81 when an attempted military coup took place involving mercenaries from...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Penlee lifeboat fund distributed (1982)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male speaker (poss. administrator John Moore) on the trust set up to aid the relatives of the men killed in the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81). Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ronald Reagan shooting - Aftermath (1981)

Genre

News report

Andrew Manderstam reports on the aftermath of an assassination attempt on US President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. (30/03/81). Includes background on Hinckley.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Nora Bradford on husband’s murder by IRA (1982)

Genre

Interview

Eamonn Mallie interviews Nora Bradford, widow of Ulster Unionist MP, Robert Bradford, after his murder by the IRA (14/11/81).

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Iran hostages released - international reaction (1981)

Genre

News report

Outline of international reaction to the release of the American hostages from Iran, in the context of the new administration in the USA. Male and female presenters not identified. (The hostages were...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Business Programme No.81 (1990)

The Business Programme No.81, broadcast on Monday evenings and presented by Rob Thomas. Theme of this special Bank Holiday programme: The Industrious Nature of the Countryside. TRACK 1- Isle of Wight Glass...

ILR South Radio Online Audio