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Lord Blake interview on leadership contest (1995)

Genre

Interview

Lord Blake, official historian of the Conservative Party, on the Conservative Party leadership contest called by John Major, and on John Redwood who is standing against Major. Interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Business Programme No.39 (1989)

The Business Programme, broadcast on Monday evenings and presented by Rob Thomas. Track 1- Trading with China//legal reforms. Chinese Troubles and Vikoma International Ltd. Interview with Keith Reynolds,...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

The London interview (1980)

Genre

Interview

The London Interview. Tricia Ingrams interviews Evening Standard journalist John Blake, who writes a celebrity column entitled Ad Lib. Blake discusses the wide range of things he writes about in his column...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Miners strike - NUM frozen funds (1984)

Genre

Interview

National Union of Mineworkers solicitor Bruce St John Blake on getting the frozen NUM funds in Dublin released. Female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

First anniversary of death of John Lennon (1981)

Genre

News report; Obituary

Report on the first anniversary of the death of John Lennon. Includes interviews with Joe Flannery, an old friend of Lennon, who wrote a song for the anniversary; writer John Blake, who says Yoko Ono still...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Men who bust spy from prison face trial (1989)

Genre

Interview

John Greenwood interviews Pat (Patrick) Pottle, who is to be charged with Michael Randle of helping Soviet spy George Blake escape from Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966 and helping him to the East German...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Piper Alpha disaster - Public inquiry (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

A survivor of the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster, John Wood describes the inferno which nearly took his life. Alex Blake Milton reveals that the platform was nearly destroyed by a saboteur a year before the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Independent radio staff cuts (1985)

Genre

Interview; News report; Special

Report on the threatened action by broadcasting unions after staff cuts were announced at independent radio stations including LBC/IRN, due to financial problems and the Government’s planned deregulation...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

New Year Honours list published (1993)

Genre

Interview; News report

Clayre Gribben reports on the publication of the New Year Honours list, the first with some nominations made by the public for ordinary people. The recipients include Shirley Bassey, singer; Derek Jacobi,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Piper Alpha disaster - Public inquiry (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Survivors of the Piper Alpha disaster discuss the attempted sabotage of the rig and express their disbelief. John Wood, who worked on Piper Alpha, says it was terrifying. Bob Ballantyne, who survived the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio