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Ranulph Fiennes Antartica walk (1993)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a member of the team involved in the attempt by Ranulph Fiennes and Dr Mike Stroud to walk across Antarctica unaided. She talks about their condition; how the trip is going; how they are...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.19: Programme 19 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 19 Programme 19 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Weeek, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 27th February 1987. Presented by GUY HORNSBY....

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South American bike ride for charity (1990)

Genre

Interview

Interview with 27 year-old Tim Fouraker from Purley in Surrey, who has been making the final preparations for his five-month cycle ride across the Andes in South America to raise money for research into...

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Tehran hostage Richard Queen released (1980)

Genre

Interview

Andrew Manderstam interviews former hostage Richard Queen, Vice Consul at the US embassy in Tehran, following his release by Iranian militants, due to the onset of multiple sclerosis. 52 hostages remain. In...

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Tehran hostage Richard Queen released (1980)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Report on the release of former hostage Richard Queen, Vice Consul at the US embassy in Tehran, by Iranian militants, due to the onset of multiple sclerosis. His parents, Harold Queen and Jeanne Queen speak...

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Tehran hostage Richard Queen released (1980)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Andrew Manderstam reports on the release by Iranian militants of one of their hostages, Richard Queen, Vice Consul at the US embassy in Tehran, due to the onset of multiple sclerosis and whether this may...

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Sir Ranulph Fiennes on his world record Antarctic expedition (1993)

Genre

Interview

Mark Phillips interview with Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who was forced to halt his trek across Antarctica with Dr Michael Stroud having covered 1,350 miles and set two world records. Fiennes on the pair’s...

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Look back in hope (1981)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Poetry

Look Back In Hope, presented by Lawrence Spicer. A programme about the International Year of Disabled Persons, organised by the United Nations. Bob Holness reads a poem about disability by Roger McGough and...

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Hall on the hill (1981)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Poetry; Special

LBC News Radio special Hall on the Hill, presented by Lawrence Spicer, on the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables on West Hill, Putney. Includes interviews with Director of Appeals, Air Commodore Denis...

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Richard Queen on hostage ordeal (1982)

Genre

Interview

Report on the experiences of Richard Queen, held hostage during the siege at the US Embassy in Iran, a year after the release of his fellow hostages (Queen having been released early on medical grounds)....

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