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Theatre library faces closure (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

The Theatre Library, a unique collection of books on drama, acting and theatre, will be shut down if the Government do not inject some funding. Ian McKellen sums up its importance. Shadow Arts Minister Mark...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Matthews Interview: Maureen Duffy (1982)

Mike Matthews is not this week. Today’s presenter is Alan Hardy who talks to Maureen Duffy, British poet, playwright and novelist. At this moment she is the writer in residence at Newbury Public Library....

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Houses versus homes (1975)

Genre

Speech

Unidentified male speaker on the importance of the home, as opposed to the house. A home, he says, preserves traditions and values; in planning, bricks and mortar are not enough. He also talks about the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Our kind of town (1979)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; News bulletin; Advertisement; Jingle; Trailer; Music

Our Kind of Town, presented by Keith Howell. In this edition part 1 examines the recently constructed Sutton Central Library and its role in the local community, including interview with Roy Smith, Borough...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Spycatcher in libraries (1987)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on former MI5 agent Peter Wright’s banned Spycatcher book. A local county council spokesman, Alex Mackie(?), confirming that an inmate at Long Lartin prison donated a copy to the prison library....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Stranger Danger: about safety to kids - nd [1975-1986]

Stranger Danger is a programme about child safety. Two interviews about the safety of children are conducted in this programme: 1- PC Mike Hampton, a community policeman of the local area, Gosport. He talks...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Hobby Horse No.6: short programmes about hobbies - nd [1975-1986]

Hobby Horse No.6: short programmes about hobbies -nd [1975-1986] presented by Roger Kennedy. Track 1- Genealogy - a fast growing hobby. Interview with Michael and Mary Talbot from the Genealogical Society in...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Ocean Sound This Week No.20: Programme 20 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 20 Programme 20 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 6 March 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER. TRACK...

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