Student London

Title

Student London

Genre

News report; Interview; Documentary; Music; Special

TX Date

4 May 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:50:06

Description

LBC special - Student London - presented by Tommy Boyd and put together by students. Includes Simon Garfield and Joe Cochlan on the latest skating crazes, with comment from roller skaters. Sarah Lewthwaite on attacks on women students - interviews with Steph Green and Fiona Mactaggart of the NUS. Paul Woodward on halls of residence rules and regulations - interviews with London Student newspaper editor Chris Ward, President of London University union Anna Clarke, and warden of International Hall Donald Mann. Claire Greville on charity fund raising rag weeks - interviews with Matthew Smith of Imperial College and Nick Newman and Dick Behrman(?) of the London School of Economics. Woodward on students with children - interviews with student Georgie Grindley and former vice-president of London University union Deborah Perkin. Greville on disabled students - interviews with students Kirsten Hearn and Mary Cross. Paul Segal interviewing members of student band Those Virginia Mountain Boys. With music excerpts.

Contributors

Tommy Boyd; Fiona Mactaggart; Chris Ward; Simon Garfield; Joe Cochlan; Joe Jackson; Sarah Lewthwaite; Those Virginia Mountain Boys; Steph Green; Paul Woodward; Anna Clarke; Donald Mann; Claire Greville; Matthew Smith; Nick Newman; Georgie Grindley; Deborah Perkin; Kirsten Hearn; Mary Cross; Paul Segal; Dick Behrman(?)

Keywords

London; Women; Fundraising; Popular music; Charities; Disabled persons; Child care; Children (family); Bands; Accommodation; Students; Leisure time activities; Skateboarding; Sexual violence; University students; Student housing; Those Virginia Mountain Boys

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