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Bruce Kent’s involvement with CND (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Monsignor George Leonard, spokesman for Cardinal Basil Hume, on Catholic priest Bruce Kent’s contentious involvement with CND and the peace movement and the cardinal’s view on it. Male...

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Priest runs away with teen girl (1992)

Genre

Interview

Father Patrick Buckley on offering sanctuary to 26-year-old Father John Butler and 17-year-old Rachel Baker who have run away together, at his Ulster home, to consider their future. He says it is a sad...

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Father Hugh Murphy on release by UFF (1978)

Genre

Interview

Irish Catholic priest Father Hugh Murphy on his kidnap and release by the Ulster Freedom Fighters. The kidnap was in retaliation for the IRA abduction of Police Constable William Turbitt, and Father Murphy...

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First anniversary of the state of emergency in South Africa (1987)

Genre

Music; News report; Speech

Report on the first anniversary of the state of emergency in South Africa. A cathedral congregation (black and white) brings flowers, and a choir sings a political song. Excerpts from speeches by Frank...

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Celebrity interview (1987)

aka: Bob Holness in conversation with Bruce Kent

An interview with Bruce Kent - vice-chairman of CND and, until recently, Roman Catholic priest.

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Belfast bomb kills teenager (1982)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on a bomb explosion in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which killed sixteen year-old Patrick Smith. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) admitted responsibility for the device, which had been intended...

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Academic reveals experience of homelessness (1989)

Genre

Interview

Margaret Shiels interviews Surrey University researcher, Des Stockley, about his experiences of sleeping rough and being labelled as homeless. He became homeless as a result of various circumstances...

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Dr Hedley Plunkett calls for peace at Christmas (1978)

Genre

Interview

Dr Hedley Plunkett, an Ulster methodist priest, calls for an IRA ceasefire over the Christmas period. He talks about how people deserve a break from violence over Christmas, and whether they will get it, and...

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Suzanne Fageol defies Church (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

Rodney Bennett reports on the case of an American female priest, Rev Suzanne Fageol, who has vowed to go on celebrating communion in defiance of the wishes of the Church of England. Includes recording of...

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Female priests (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Excerpt of speech by the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie at the Church of England General Synod supporting the ordination of women. Followed by interview with Deaconess Margaret Cundiff on the speech...

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