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  1. Restoration plans for Old Vic Theatre (1983)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with an architect on the 2 million pound restoration of the Victorian Old Vic Theatre to the original 1871 J T Robinson designs. Male speaker and female interviewer not identified.

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  2. Health services privatisation row (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Report on proposed changes to education, health and social services in the UK under the Conservative Government, including the privatisation of some departments. Speakers are Prime Minister Margaret...

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  3. A Christmas carol (1984)

    Genre
    Fiction; Music; Serial

    Reading of the final episode from A Christmas Carol, the popular story by Charles Dickens. Ends with choir singing the carol O Come All Ye Faithful. Male reader not identified (poss. Robert Stephens).

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  4. Tales of a city, part 5 – Precipice in time (1984)

    Genre
    Drama; Music

    Tales of a City - a series on London. Part 5: Precipice in Time. A drama read from/based on Henry Mayhew’s 1851 book- 1851: or the Adventures of Mr and Mrs Sandboys and Family who came up to London to see...

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  5. Network - Field and Hedgerow (1984)

    Genre
    Feature

    Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies, adapted for radio and read by Sean Street. Richard Jefferies was a Victorian journalist, and author of three books. His last essays were...

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  6. A Christmas carol (1984)

    Genre
    Fiction; Music; Serial

    Reading from Charles Dickens’ novel A Christmas Carol. In this episode Scrooge follows the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come to the house of Bob Cratchit where the family mourn the loss of Tiny Tim. Male...

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  7. Fred Bettesworth the gardener. Part 1 (1984)

    Genre
    Biography; Serial

    Reading of first part (of 2) of the story of charismatic gardener Fred Bettesworth from 1892 to the turn of the century. Male reader not identified. Probably extracted from Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer, by...

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  8. Fred Bettesworth the gardener. Part 2 (1984)

    Genre
    Biography; Serial

    Reading of second part (of 2) of the story of charismatic gardener Fred Bettesworth from 1901 until his death in 1905. Male reader not identified. Probably extracted from Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer, by...

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  9. A Christmas carol (1984)

    Genre
    Fiction; Music; Serial

    A reading from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, near the start of the book - from Ebenezer Scrooge returning home where a series of supernatural appearances begin. Ends with choir singing a Christmas...

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  10. Dracula (1985)

    Genre
    Fiction; Serial

    Dracula. From the 1897 novel by Bram Stoker about vampires. 2 consecutive instalments, the first apparently continued, the second concluding the story. Male reader not identified.

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