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Firefighters killed in Bow blaze (1991)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the death of two firefighters in a fire in a warehouse in Bow, and the investigation into how the men were killed. With comment from MP for Bow and Poplar Mildred Gordon; divisional fire officer...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Flowering of the Rose, report on the finding of the wreck Mary Rose (1979)

TRACK 1 from AV1/VR2/S1. The Flowering of The Rose, report on the finding of the wreck Mary Rose. Programme of interviews in the Victory Report Series. Introduction:- The story of the search, the underwater...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Short story (1987)

aka: His last bow

Serialised Sherlock Holmes stories. Drama for radio, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Hamish Wilson

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Bow Street police station closes for last time (1992)

Genre

News report; Interview

Mark Phillips reports from the radio car at Bow Street police station as it closes for the last time and looks at its history (it was home to the police forerunners the Bow Street Runners), famous criminals...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Murder of Kayumarz Anklesaria (1979)

Genre

Interview

General Secretary (not identified) of the Confederation of Indian Organisations, on racial violence, following the murder of an Asian man named Kayumarz Anklesaria, at Bromley-by-Bow underground station in...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Missionary Church (1983)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Special

Lawrence Spicer hosts a Good Friday feature in which he explores the history and role of the Missionary Church. The programme examines the history of the church, the aims of the missionaries, the domestic...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Westland affair - New allegations of cover-up (1986)

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

The Government has promised a full and robust statement on new allegations about Trade Secretary Leon Brittan’s role in the Westland affair. Brittan’s head of press information, Miss Colette Bow, is...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

18 million pounds of counterfeit currency seized (1995)

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

Alison Hodgkins reports back on detectives in East London seizing counterfeit currency with a face value of more than 18 million pounds at Coburn Road in Bow today.The raid was carried out by 5 officers from...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

General election - Tower Hamlets campaigns (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on campaigns in the East London Tower Hamlets constituencies of Bow and Poplar, and Bethnal Green and Stepney, in the 1983 General Election following boundary changes, with unemployment the major...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Decision makers (1982)

Genre

Documentary; Interview

Decision Makers: Christmas on the Dole, presented by Richard Bestic. With high unemployment figures dominating the news, the programme finds out what it’s like spending Christmas on the Dole. Speaking to...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio