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Development row in Covent Garden (1987)

Genre

Interview; News report

In a development row in Covent Garden, The Royal Opera House plans to upgrade their back stage areas, and promises to build (luxury) flats and less offices in the area. Community association spokesperson...

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National Garden Festival (1986)

The National Garden Festival in Stoke-on-Trent will be Europe’s largest horticultural and leisure event this year - it begins in May and among the major attractions will be the eighty theme gardens

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London Transport Museum opens (1980)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male speaker on the exhibits at the newly-opened London Transport Museum housed in the old flower market at Covent Garden. The museum officially opened on 28/03/80. Female interviewer not...

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James Mason memorial service - Widow’s thoughts (1984)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the widow of actor James Mason, Clarissa Kaye, at her husband’s memorial service in St Paul’s church at Covent Garden, on her husband’s life. Male interviewer not identified.

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Margaret Thatcher has rose named after her (1984)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Report on the unveiling of a rose named after Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Brun Werner(?) of the German Horticultural Association delegation to Liverpool’s Garden Festival, describes the flower....

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Covent Garden building project (1988)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Jeremy Isaacs, General Director of the Royal Opera House on the result of the appeal case which they have won, allowing them planning permission for a massive building project to raise funds...

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Donald Sinden on London Theatre Museum (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with actor Donald Sinden about his support for the London Theatre Museum in Covent Garden, its beginnings and campaign to save it. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Carol Allen). Sound is in...

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Showbiz hands mark Theatre Museum (1988)

Genre

Interview

Sue Jameson speaks to David Jason and Jane Asher who are just two of the celebrities marking the walls of the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden with their handprints in paint. She also catches up with the...

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Sumo wrestling at Albert Hall (1991)

Genre

News report; Interview

Japanese Sumo wrestlers are making their first appearance in Britain at the Royal Albert Hall. Mark Phillips speaks to spokeswoman and interpreter Namii(?) and the Manager and Head Chef of the Royal Garden...

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British opera singer replaces Domingo (1990)

Genre

Interview

Phil Edwards? interviews British tenor Jeffrey Lawton on getting a phone call out of the blue to replace Placido Domingo as the lead man in Otello at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden after Domingo became...

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