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Ian Botham to leave Somerset cricket team (1986)

Genre

Interview

Ian Botham on his intention to leave Somerset cricket team unless Viv Richards and Joel Garner are reinstated. He talks about his disgust at the decision to axe the players, his view on Somerset cricket, and...

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Tall Ships Race 1982: Live outside broadcast on the Parade of Sail after the Tall Ships Race, down the Solent (1982)

TALL SHIPS RACE 1982 [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE] Live outside broadcast on Radio Victory on the Parade of Sail after the Tall Ships Race; down the Solent on 26 August 1982. Commentary by PAUL BROWN. TRACK...

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Mr. Know-All (1985)

A play for radio. It is the 1920’s, and cruelly witty writer W. Somerset Maugham is aboard a ship cruising the Pacific. Among the passangers who come under the lash of his merciless wit is Max Kelada - a...

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Shirley Banks’s body discovered (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report

Richard Banks speaking on HTV, following the discovery of his wife Shirley’s body in the Quantock Hills, Somerset, 6 months after she disappeared. Clayre Gribben reporting that detectives investigating the...

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Nuclear expert accuses CEGB of withholding evidence (1988)

Genre

Interview

John Large, an independent nuclear expert, has been commissioned by Somerset County Council to assess evidence on the safety aspects of a planned new nuclear reactor at Hinkley Point. He accuses the Central...

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Shipham cadmium alert (1979)

Genre

Interview

2 interviews (with break in recording) on the cadmium alert at Shipham, Somerset in 1979.1. Environment Minister Denis Howell.2. John Thiery, Chairman of Shipham Parish Council.

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Ambulance dispute (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Somerset Area Health Authority spokeman, Colin Craggs, condemning so-called lightning strikes by ambulance workers over pay. Male interviewer not identified. Telephone interview, audio level low.

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Neil Andrews on hunt for M5 rapist (1979)

Genre

Interview

Chief Inspector Neil Andrews (Avon & Somerset Police) on the hunt for the so-called M5 rapist. He is believed to have attacked seven women in five years. Male interviewer not identified. (John Lambe was...

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Hinkley Point chosen by CEGB for nuclear power station (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview about the Central Electricity Generating Board’s (CEGB) choice of Hinkley Point near Bristol in Somerset as the site for a new nuclear power station. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.

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Glastonbury Festival (1994)

Genre

Interview; News report; Vox pop

Nick Miles reports from the Glastonbury Festival at Pilton in Somerset. Includes interviews with organiser, Michael Eavis; Tim Kirby, environmental engineer; musicians in Green Field (not identified); local...

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