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Battle of Britain 40 years on (1980)

Genre

Feature; Jingle; Special

Battle of Britain 40 Years On, compiled and narrated by Richard Robbins. A special programme to mark the anniversary of the end of the Battle of Britain air campaign during the Second World War, looking back...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Tightening up education (1996)

Genre

Speech

In the biggest shake up in education for 40 years, A levels and other exams are to be tightened up and there’ll also be a new National Diploma for A level students who want to broaden their studies. Sir...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Brixton policeman retires after 40 years (1987)

Genre

Interview

Interview with retiring policeman, Alan Flemming, on forty years on the beat in Brixton, South London. In 3 parts. Part 2 on the ethnic makeup of the area and how it and attitudes to police have changed....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

D-Day 40 years on (1984)

Genre

Speech

Speeches by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury and the Queen Mother on the 40th anniversary of the D-Day landings. From the ceremonies in Portsmouth.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Hound of The Baskervilles [Episode 23, 24 and 25] (1987)

A complete novel of Sherlock Holmes. Drama for radio in 28 episodes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Hamish Wilson. This CD is episode 23, 24 and 25. See previous episodes in C1000/112/87/1 until...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Grant for novel written by spirits (1987)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Peter Froude, from Bournemouth, who is receiving pounds 40 a week from the Government to write a novel; says four spirits are writing the book: a deceased English historian, an Eastern man...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

VE day 40th anniversary - Londoner’s memories (1985)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Londoner Bernard Abraham on his memories of VE day 40 years ago including a fireworks display. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Rodney Bennett).

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Sale of Dorchester Hotel to Sultan of Brunei (1985)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the Director of Regent International Joe Shelton on the sale of the Dorchester Hotel to the Sultan of Brunei for £40 million, on the understanding that the group will continue to manage the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

1980s news clips - Grenada invaded (1989)

Genre

Speech

Broadcast by unidentified male American speaker after the invasion of Grenada by US forces (25/10/83). 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

Train crash near Brighton (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Assistant Divisional Fire Officer, George Hammond, on the scene at a train crash near Brighton after two passenger trains collided (19/12/78). Male reporter not identified. (Five people were...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio