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Royal Greenwich Observatory threatened with closure (1986)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the news that the Royal Greenwich Observatory in Sussex will have to close and/or relocate as a result of financial cutbacks. Includes Head of the Observatory’s Time Department, Dr John...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Victory Report: interview with Andrew Dornay about The Wildfowl Trust, including Arundel Reserve (1978)

Part of a series called Victory Report, broadcast by Radio Victory on 17 February 1978, concerning Arundel Wildfowl Trust and its origins. Track 1- GUY PAYNE interviews ANDREW DORNAY. Wildfowl Trust began...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Greenwich Observatory resets time (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a male speaker (not identified) at the Greenwich Observatory about the loss of one or two seconds at midnight on the 31/12/79 to reset clocks and who it will affect. Female interviewer not...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Patrick Moore on Royal Observatory telescope (1987)

Genre

Interview

Patrick Moore on the 28-inch refracting telescope at the Royal Observatory. He talks about how it is one of the largest telescopes in the world, how long it has been there, the groundbreaking things it has...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The march of time (1981)

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Special

The March of Time, presented by Rodney Bennett. Looks at methods of recording and telling time. Visits National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux, Sussex. Interviews...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Once in a lifetime (1985)

Genre

Documentary; Interview

Special documentary on Halley’s Comet, due to return this winter after 77 years. With accounts of seeing the comet in 1910 by Evelyn Hall(?) and Mrs Leonard Stein(?); Brian Harpur of Halley’s Comet...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio