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Woman gives birth whilst in vegetative state (1996)

Genre

News report; Interview

A woman who has been in a chronic vegetative state since a car accident in 1985 has given birth in Rochester, New York. The baby was delivered by Dr James Woods, who reports on the condition of mother and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Hobby Horse No.6: short programmes about hobbies - nd [1975-1986]

Hobby Horse No.6: short programmes about hobbies -nd [1975-1986] presented by Roger Kennedy. Track 1- Genealogy - a fast growing hobby. Interview with Michael and Mary Talbot from the Genealogical Society in...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Royal birth celebrated in local village (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report

Nicola Gibson reports from Dummer village, Hampshire, the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson’s home village on celebrations for the birth of her Royal baby. Speaks to Charles and Patti Palmer-Tomkinson of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Fergie gives birth (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report; Vox pop

George Matheson reports on the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson giving birth to her first child, a girl, at the exclusive Portland Hospital with Prince Andrew, Duke of York and her mother by her side....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Victoria Gillick and her birth control appeal (1984)

Genre

News report

Report on Victoria Gillick, who wants it to be made legal for doctors to tell parents if girls under 16 seek to go on the pill. Gillick’s legal battle has received support from Roman Catholic and Jewish...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Midwife wins job back in tribunal (1988)

Genre

Interview

Midwife Chris Warren has won her test tribunal against Croydon health authority for dimissal 4 months ago for failing to call an assistant to a home birth. Chris says she’s delighted to be able to return...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

British couple evacuated from Lebanon (1984)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a British couple who were evacuated from West Beirut, Lebanon. The woman is pregnant with their first child and plans to give birth back at home in Scotland. The man is awaiting instruction as...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Pregnant woman injured in hit and run (1991)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Report on a hit and run incident involving a 37 year-old pregnant woman, outside her home in Forest Hill, London. Patricia Levin’s husband Michael describes the moment he found his wife lying in the road,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Child who was switched at birth divorces natural parents (1993)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Paul Woodley reports on a girl in the USA who was sent home to the wrong family 14 years ago winning the right to cut off all contact with her natural parents. And looks back at how the mix up occurred; the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Richard Littlejohn show (1993)

Genre

Advertisement; Interview; Jingle; News bulletin; Trailer

Richard Littlejohn interviews former Labour Party Cabinet Minister, Dame Barbara Castle about her life in politics, coinciding with the publication of her autobiography, Barbara Castle: Fighting All the Way....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio