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Fire destroys Savoy Theatre (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

Peter Plisner reports on a fire at the Savoy Theatre, London. Includes interviews with male fireman (not identified); actor, Richard Harris; actor, Robert Lindsay; theatre manager, Giles Shepard.

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Focus: Sir Henry Irving - The Lyceum Theatre (1986)

Sean Street at the Lyceum Theatre in London, the most famous literary landmark of the theatrical production in England. This famous building built in the XIX Century it was called: A temple for the drama. It...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Our kind of town (1980)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Music; Vox pop

Steve Allen and Tara Jeffries present this week’s edition of Our Kind of Town investigating the ghosts of London. Speaking are: London public; Theatre Manager at the Adelphi Theatre, Bill Porter and Stage...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Cultural exchanges (1988)

Genre

Interview; Music; Special; Drama

Sue Jameson presents a special programme on the theatre and the particular differences between what are generally considered the two best theatres in the world, the Russian and the English. The programme...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Death of Sir Frederick Ashton (1988)

Genre

Interview; Tribute

Unidentified female speaker on her memories of Sir Frederick Ashton, the international dancer and choreographer, who has died at his home in Suffolk (18/10/88). Sir Frederick was founder choreographer of the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Steve Jones show (1988)

Genre

Interview; Advertisement

Mark Smith’s guest of the day on the Steve Jones lunchtime show is Scottish playwright Sharman Macdonald’s whose debut four years ago, When I Was a Girl I used to Scream and Shout, attracted critical...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Artsweek (1984)

Genre

Interview; Music

Artsweek, presented by Sue Jameson. General Secretary of the Arts Council, Luke Rittner talks about the new funding strategy which moves greater power over funding to the regions. Dr Jonathan Miller on the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Murder of Gary Noonan (1989)

Genre

Interview

The friend of a young man stabbed to death in the heart of London’s West End has been reliving the horror of the murder. 23 year-old Gary Noonan was attacked three weeks ago just outside the Queens...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Hayes on Sunday (1979)

Genre

Interview; Talk show

Brian Hayes revisits the week’s shows and guest interviews: Professor Robert Boyd on the tenth anniversary of the moon landing and the value of the space exploration programme. Cricket captain Mike...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Storm damage (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

Oni Bhattacharya reports on the damage and disruption caused by hurricane force storms in South East England. Includes eyewitness accounts from Ralph Pooley, Raymond Jones and James Smith; comment from BT...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio