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Tracy Edwards on receiving the MBE (1990)

Genre

Interview

Yacht skipper Tracy Edwards gives her reaction on being awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list. Edwards is the skipper of Maiden, the first yacht with an all-woman crew to complete the...

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Round the World Yacht Race (1981)

ROUND THE WORLD YACHT RACE [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE] Radio Victory, tape which begins with description of beginning of Round the World Yacht Race 1981[unedited], presented by STEVE ANSELL and ANDY BOYD....

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Bristol shootout and chase (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on a shootout and car chase involving a hijacked lorry starting from Bristol and carrying on along the M4 motorway. The incident started after a robbery at Lloyds Bank in Bond Street, Bristol....

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By the light of the silvery moon (the Coventry Blitz, 1940) (1980)

Genre

Documentary; Interview

By the Light of the Silvery Moon. Documentary about Operation Moonlight Sonata and the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940. Written and narrated by Ian Rufus; research by Alan Turner, Les Skipper, Dave...

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Soviet skipper commits suicide in round the world yact race (1989)

Genre

Interview

LBC Crown FM’s sailing correspondent, Keith Howell interviews chairman of the Whitbread round the world race committee, Admiral Charles Williams, following news Aleksei Gryshenko, skipper of the Soviet...

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Interview on board the Virgin Challenger (1985)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male speaker (poss. skipper Ted Toleman) on the tactics of the Virgin Challenger, which is making a bid for the Blue Riband, a trophy for the fastest transatlantic crossing. Male interviewer not...

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Supertanker Gentle Breeze hit by Iranian missile (1987)

Genre

Interview

Interview with skipper (? Solan(?)) of the supertanker Gentle Breeze on being hit by an Iranian Exocet missile in the Gulf, killing a crewman, and if the British Navy provided enough protection. Interviewer...

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Fishing rights row near Scillies (1992)

Genre

Interview

Skipper of the Britannia Four, Andrew Stevens says he is worried about his fishing nets which he believes have been deliberately cut by French trawlers in a row over fishing rights near the Isles of Scilly....

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Widow on Marchioness disaster (1989)

Genre

Interview

Deborah Faldo, the widow of Marchioness skipper Stephen, is interviewed on Southwark Bridge as the boat is towed away. She says he loved his job and was good at it. The Marchioness sank with the loss of 51...

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Scientific evidence of Loch Ness Monster? (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the findings of the 150-strong scienfitic team led by Adrian Shine which claims to have discovered unexplained movement characteristic of two large animals at great depth in Loch Ness. Includes...

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