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Arms for Iraq inquiry (1994)

Genre

Interview

Professor of Contemporary History at the University of London, Peter Hennessy talks to Angela Rippon about John Major’s responses to questioning at the Scott inquiry into arms sales to Iraq. He was Foreign...

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Jesse Jackson campaigns to get more black people on US voting register (1984)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the Reverend Jesse Jackson’s campaign to get more black people on the United States voting register. Jackson, who spoke in Brixton, London, at the end of last year, has no chance of becoming...

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Pimlico Comprehensive School pupil suspension allegations (1979)

Genre

Interview

Pimlico Comprehensive School headmistress Kathleen Mitchell rejects the allegations made by a Dr Bishop concerning the suspension of one of the school’s boy pupils, which followed a history of violence at...

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New inquiry into London health services (1995)

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

John Ramos reports on a new inquiry into London’s health services to learn from the mistakes of the past few years and help build up ailing community services. A new commission, focusing on mental health...

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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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European fighter aircraft goes back to drawing board (1992)

Genre

Interview

Michael Clark, Director of the Centre of Defence Studies at King’s College University of London discusses the European Fighter Aircraft (EFA’s) future following the stance of the German Defence Minister...

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Harold Wilson on his work for Soviet Jews (1976)

Genre

Speech

Harold Wilson speech on his work for human rights of Soviet Jews and visit to Israel over Christmas, where he met recent immigrants including some he had helped extricate from the USSR. His speech is...

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The London interview (1979)

Genre

Interview

In this edition Maeve Binchy talks to Tricia Ingrams. She is an Irish novelist, newspaper columnist and speaker. Educated at University College Dublin, she worked as a teacher, then a journalist at The Irish...

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In transit (1985)

aka: All kinds of loving

A first play for radio by Eddie Gaynor, which continues the series of plays called ‘All Kinds of Loving’ about people in and out of love. A boy says farewell to a girl on an underground station. She is...

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Clapham rail disaster sparks change in British Rail (1989)

Genre

Interview; News report; Vox pop

Marc de Leuw looks back at the Clapham rail disaster one year ago today that left 35 people dead in one of the worst railway accidents in British history and at rail safety concerns and improvements under...

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