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Romeo Coates: A Portrait of Failure (1939 Radio)

Producer

Stephen Potter

Portrait written by Edith Sitwell of would-be-actor and English eccentric Robert ‘Romeo’ Coates, also known as Cock-a-doodle-doo Coates. Son of a West Indian millionaire, Coates arrived in England with...

Shakespeare Shakespeare productions Record only

Manager opens Tube train doors on wrong side (1990)

Genre

Interview

Mark Phillips interviews Ian Arthurton, London Regional Transport’s passenger services manager who has admitted he accidentally opened the doors of a tube train on the wrong side whilst getting a flavour...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Business Programme No.37 (1989)

The Business Programme, broadcast on Monday evenings and presented by Rob Thomas. Tonight, Foreign holiday theme. Track 1- Holiday trade. Interview with Mr Clive Wyatt, Regional Manager South, and Mr Pat...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

National Railway Round-up: July 1989 (1989)

The latest news from the National Railway network. Dr. John Prideaux, Director of Intercity, discusses steam trains in North Wales. Paul Cobb, Traffic Manager at Didcot Parkway talks about a recent ‘diesel...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Listening to Britain

Date

16 Jan 2012, 17:28

Author

bufvcsergio

Post Type

BUFVC Article

With the British Library’s recently concluded audio project, the UK SoundMap, curation meets crowd-sourcing. Chris Clark, the project manager, discusses the challenges. About the Author: Chris Clark was...

Other Record only

Midland bank job cuts (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the Midland Bank’s announced 1,800 job losses in the name of community banking. Speaks to Tom Robson, regional manager at the bank; Heather Tilston of BIFU union; banking analyst Johnny Delahay.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Third night of disturbances in Toxteth (1981)

Genre

Interview; News report; Special

Paul Davies reports from the area on a third night of violence and looting in Toxteth, Liverpool, with the drafting in of police reinforcements to prevent further rioting. Includes interviews with the Rector...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

BR runs services despite strike (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Margaret Shiels reports from London Bridge station on the sixth national rail strike. British Rail have managed to run some services this time and are claiming one in four men in the south east defied the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Kings Cross fire disaster (1987)

Genre

Interview

Report on the Kings Cross Underground fire referring to earlier Oxford Circus station fire. Including eyewitness account by Andy Crowan(?); Kings Cross station manager on investigating the fire, he was...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

J B Priestley train naming ceremony (1980)

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

Report from Euston Station in London on the naming of a railway locomotive after novelist and playwright J B Priestley. Speaking are: Jim O’Brien, British Rail London-Midlands Regional Manager; J B...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio