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Joe Gormley on miners wage talks (1979)

Genre

Interview

NUM President Joe Gormley explains how he used his casting vote as chairman twice earlier today. He stresses it is not possible to negotiate a settlement in a single session; there is a need for patience,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ocean Sound This Week No.9: Programme 9 of a weekly news and sports review (1986)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 9 Programme 9 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 12 December 1986. Presented by MATT HOPPER....

ILR South Radio Online Audio

The Whitechapel Bell Foundry: And their months shall shout forth... (1987)

aka: The Bells of the White Chapel Bell Foundry

They have been casting bells in the East End of London since time immemorial. The first recorded casting at the White Chapel Foundry is 1404. Laurence Spicer visited this foundry, now one of the only two...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Prince Philip allegations in biography (1996)

Genre

Interview

James Whitaker, royal reporter, on allegations made by Sarah Bradford in her biography of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, casting doubt on his sexual fidelity; follows House of Commons motion tabled by...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

NUM vote to apologise to retrieve funds (1985)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on a vote at the NUM executive conference over whether union leader, Arthur Scargill, should apologise to the courts in order to recover the union’s eight million pound assets seized during the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ian Smith casts his vote in Rhodesia elections (1979)

Genre

News report; Interview

Peter Sharp reports on Prime Minister Ian Smith casting his vote in the first one-person-one-vote elections in Rhodesia on the third day of voting. Includes interview with Ian Smith with comment on high...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

John Cleese on A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Genre

Interview

John Cleese speaks to Carol Allen about his film, A Fish Called Wanda, which he co-wrote with Charles Crichton. He discusses how he decided on the title, the process of writing, and the casting of Kevin...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Roland Joffe on Shadow Makers (1990)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Roland Joffe, director of the film Shadow Makers (known in the USA as Fat Man and Little Boy) on the importance of the film; casting and the real figures including Robert Oppenheimer and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Sexist literature in school library (1978)

Genre

Interview

Sixth-form students Fiona Marks and Purna Sen on finding a sexist book, Good Grooming For Girls, in their school library. Having attempted unsuccessfully to have the book removed, the girls protested by...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Brian Hayes programme (1979)

Genre

Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement

Brian Hayes talks to best-selling novelist Arthur Hailey, whose latest novel, Overload, is published in the UK this week. Topics discussed include Hailey’s themes, settings, and the research done on his...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio