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Row over V and A museum restructure (1989)

Genre

Interview; News report

Kay Oliver reports on the fears for the future of our national heritage after restructuring at the V and A museum partly to make it more cost effective, with curators made redundant; and what could happen...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.103: Programme 103 of a weekly news and sports review (1988)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO.103 Programme 103 of a weekly news and sports review called OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK; broadcast by independent radio station OCEAN SOUND on 16th October 1988. Presented by GUY HORNSBY....

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Museums secure future (1982)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the announcement by arts minister Paul Channon that the London Theatre Museum in Covent Garden and Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green are to receive Government funding which will secure their...

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Holland 1 submarine resurfaces (1982)

Genre

Interview

Richard Compton-Hall, curator of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport in Hampshire, on the resurfacing of Britain’s oldest submarine, Holland 1. Male interviewer not identified.

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Network (1984)

Genre

Special; Documentary; Fiction; Interview

Network. 1. Shelley, Miss Brown and Boscombe Manor. Sean Street visits the Shelley Museum in Bournemouth, and talks to the curator Margaret Brown (broadcast on 2CR). 2. Short story. Caught Up, by George...

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Death of Sooty creator, Harry Corbett (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech

Mike Jones reports on the death of Harry Corbett, the creator of the Sooty puppet character. Focuses on the entertainer’s Yorkshire roots. Includes interviews with Heather Court, friend from Guiseley;...

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Fiftieth anniversary of D-Day exhibition at RAF Hendon (1994)

Genre

Interview; News report; Special

Max Cotton reports on the start of London’s celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the D-Day Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 with a special ceremony and launch of an exhibition at the RAF Museum at...

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A river remembered- the Wandle (1993)

Genre

Documentary; Music; Interview

Documentary about The River Wandle presented by Lawrence Spicer. The river goes from Croydon and Carshalton to the Thames at Wandsworth. Details how it was used throughout history and what measures are being...

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Loch Ness Monster sighting (1993)

Genre

Interview; News report

Ed Fraser(?) reports on recent alleged sightings of the Loch Ness Monster. The speakers include: 25 year-old Inverness resident, Edna McInnes(?); fisherman, James Macintosh; museum curator Betty Gallagher.

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Gilbert White of Selborne (1987)

Genre

Feature; Non-fiction

The life and work of Gilbert White of Selborne, Hampshire, famous naturalist of the 18th century. Produced and presented by Sean Street. Street talks to June Chatfield, curator of the Gilbert White Museum...

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