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Paula Milne on her Down’s Syndrome book (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with screenwriter Paula Milne about her new book (and television play) called John David which focuses on a child with Down’s Syndrome. The book is partly based on Milne’s own experience of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Enable The Disabled Week - nd [1981]

International Year of the Disabled People - 1981. This programme is to help everybody to understand better this issue. Interviews with some disabled persons talking about their problems, one mother of a girl...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

A Sensitive time (1985)

In the wake of the Louise Brown case, Clare Hastings looks at the situation parents of ‘Down’s Syndrome’ babies face. Many parents react to the birth of a handicapped child by perceiving the ‘loss’ of...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Down Syndrome baby murder (1985)

Genre

Interview; News report; Press conference

Report on the murder of Down’s Syndrome baby Louise Brown following the arrest of mother Susan Pullen, father Paul Brown and the baby’s uncle and aunt Ian Brown and Brenda Brown. With archive comment...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Doctor tried for Down syndrome baby murder (1981)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the clearing of Doctor Leonard Arthur of the attempted murder of Down syndrome baby, John Pearson. With comment on the ethics of allowing handicapped babies to die from paediatrician, Professor...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Richard and Angela Ramsden on Jo’s murder (1992)

Genre

Interview

The parents of murdered Down syndrome woman, Jo Ramsden, talk to LBC reporter David Bennett about their ordeal. Richard Ramsden and Angela Ramsden say the worst part was not knowing what had happened to Jo...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Disappearance of baby Louise Brown (1984)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Superintendent Tim Adams on police leads in the case of the missing Down’s syndrome baby, Louise Brown, who was reported as being abducted in Battersea. Male interviewer not identified. (Her...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Sunday Times fined for contempt of court (1981)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the fine imposed on the Sunday Times and its editor for contempt of court during the case of a Down Syndrome child whose parents were refusing to allow her to have lifesaving surgery. Editor, Sir...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Missing baby Louise Brown (1984)

Genre

News report

Peter Kimber reports on the police investigation into the disappearance of Down syndrome baby Louise Brown along the Sussex coast, after her parents’ car was allegedly stolen in Battersea, London. (Her...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Missing baby Louise Brown (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on Down’s syndrome baby Louise Brown going missing after her parent’s car was allegedly stolen in Battersea, London. Includes interview with Detective Chief Inspector Bill Forman. Female...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio