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Interview with unidentified speaker about availability of local authority grants to victims of storm damage along the East Coast of Britain.
Steve Harvey presents Report 78, a look back at the year’s major political and social events around the world. Speakers include Khalid Hammami, wife of murdered PLO politician Said Hammami; Terry Parry,...
Report on the closure of a school in Aberfan - where 114 people died in 1966 as a result of a landslide - following the discovery of underground fires. Includes interviews with local education officer Eddie...
Unidentified (Australian) male speaker on South Australian bush fires in which the official death toll is 45, although a further 12 volunteer firemen have been found dead. He discusses the emergency...
Report on the history of Ronan Point, a tower block in Newham, east London, which raised doubts about the safety of large panel system buildings after a section collapsed due to a gas explosion in 1968....
Report on the decision of Newham Council to evacuate and eventually demolish the Ronan Point tower block in east London. The design of the structure is considered unsafe after part of it collapsed following...
Documentary about the Bradford City Fire Disaster (Saturday 11 May 1985), presented by Tony Delahunty (Pennine Radio). Includes live coverage of the incident, contrasted with coverage of earlier...
Report on a test case brought by the victims of the Bradford City Football Club fire. Susan Fletcher, whose husband and son died in the disaster, talks about why she is taking action against the club. Male...
Special Saturday documentary Happy Birthday Jack, on John George (Jack) Phillips, Chief Wireless Operator on the SS Titanic, who celebrated his 25th birthday on board and stayed at his post sending SOS...
UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher on the Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union. She compares the USSR with the USA, which immediately disclosed information following the Challenger space shuttle...
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