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  1. Our kind of town (1980)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview

    This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Rodney Bennett looking at Kew Gardens - its history, importance including for study and research, and day to day running. Visits the gardens and...

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  2. Queen visits Kew Gardens (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Vox pop

    Report on the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Kew Gardens in West London to open the restored glasshouse. Includes vox pop with members of the crowd. Female reporter not identified. Sound is in mono.

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  3. Time capsule buried in Kew Gardens (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on a time capsule being buried by broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough containing seeds for the future that could aid in medicine and food production, into the foundations of the new Tropical...

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  4. Wind damage at Kew Gardens (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    The damage at Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place is described after the recent freak storms. Mature trees were badly affected but the glass houses generally escaped the damage. Speakers not identified.

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  5. Orchid thief jailed (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    An Old Bailey judge has jailed an orchid grower, because of his obsessive plundering of rare flowers from the jungles of the world. Thirty-seven-year-old Henry Azadehdel admitted smuggling, harbouring,...

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  6. Prince Charles speech on environment (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    John Allen, LBC Crown FM environment correspondent, reports on a speech at Kew Gardens by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales calling for swift international action to save the world’s tropical rain forests...

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  7. Prince Charles supports saving the rainforests (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Simon Bowden speaks to the director of Kew Botanical Gardens, Ghillean Prance, about a speech on conserving tropical rainforests by Prince Charles which proposed an international treaty. He also explains why...

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