210 Reports Extra: Profile of cancer victim Ken Thomas who inspired an appeal for a body scanner - nd [1982]

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210 Reports Extra: Profile of cancer victim Ken Thomas who inspired an appeal for a body scanner - nd [1982]

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210 Reports Extra: Profile of cancer victim Ken Thomas who inspired an appeal for a body scanner nd [1982]. Track 1- An interview with Polly Thomas, the wife of Ken Thomas talking about her husband, his life and his appeal for body scanner. Then, the reporter reads a profile of Ken Thomas. He was an actor, a very active man and he died prematurely in 1981. A tribute to his life. Track 2- A report on the last 2 months of his life before he died. The appeal was a success, despite the fact that, when he died, they only raised the amount of 440.000 pounds and still needed a quarter of a million to the project of body scanner. More interviews with people that knew him and worked with him. Track 3-A report about the final opening day of the body scanner at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. They talk about the new machine, the benefits that it will bring to the public and specially they talk about Ken Thomas, as a last tribute, who put all his efforts to make this happen. See also AV769/329/S1, AV769/337/S1, AV769/389/S1, AV769/453/S1 and AV769/465/S1. [Box 5]

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00:52:15

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Radio 210

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1 tape

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Interviewees

Ken Thomas; Polly Thomas