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Thirty baboons die at Windsor Safari Park (1989)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the curator of Windsor Safari Park, Paul O’Donoghue, about a rare form of botulism which has decimated the zoo’s flange of baboons, after thirty of the eighty-seven animals died. Male...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

210 Reports This Week (1987)

210 Radio News Bulletin of the last seven days events and reports. Subjects of this programme: 1-Berkshire Rates; 2- Teachers Pay dispute; 3- Future of Radio; Cheap Leisure Passes for Reading. [Box 2]

ILR South Radio Online Audio

The Lady of the Inn: Part 2 (1983)

The World Premier. A performance in 3 Acts of chamber opera, by Peter Wishart, recorded in the Great Hall of the University of Reading, on 17th June 1983. This CD is Part 2

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Autistic son given overdose (1989)

Genre

Interview; News report

Angus Moorat reports from Reading Crown Court where a housewife from Berkshire has been describing how she tried to kill her autistic son. Judith Jones went through a catalogue of personal tragedy last...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

US removes cruise missiles from Greenham Common (1989)

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate; Music

Peter Henley reports on the first cruise missiles to leave the Greenham Common airbase in Berkshire under the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). Includes archive recordings of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Stephen Fry on Hysteria 2 (1989)

Genre

Interview

Camilla Affleck interviews Stephen Fry, backstage at the Sadlers Wells Theatre in London, during rehearsals for the Hysteria 2 AIDS charity event which will feature John Cleese and Tina Turner.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Sony radio awards (Pt 1) (1989)

Genre

Advertisement; Interview; News report; Speech

John Davies(?) presents coverage of the Sony radio awards ceremony (24/04/89) at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, compered by Michael Aspel in which independent radio won many of the awards. Includes...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Bill Becker on Voyager space mission (1977)

Genre

Interview

Bill Becker of Jet Lab (Jet Propulsion Laboratory?), on the problems experienced by Voyager 2 and the delay of the Voyager 1 launch. Voyager 2 is however now on course for Jupiter and will soon lock up on...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Margaret Thatcher and John Major on inflation rate (1990)

Genre

Interview

2 bands. 1: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher talks (in the 1980s?) about the need to bring down the rate of inflation to compete with our neighbours. 2: Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Major talks about...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Start 2 arms treaty signed by US and Russia (1993)

Genre

Speech

US President George H.W. Bush gives a speech as the Start 2 arms treaty is signed with Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio