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  1. Skytrain go-ahead (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Freddie Laker on finally getting the go-ahead to operate the cheap ticket airline Skytrain, which will be operating to New York within 30 days. Reflections on his five year battle with British Airways and...

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  2. Freddie Laker on air fares competition (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Freddie Laker on airlines reducing fares to compete with his cheap Skytrain trans-Atlantic service.

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  3. Hayes on Sunday (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; Phone-in

    Hayes on Sunday recaps the week’s shows and interviews with: Fred Perry on Wimbledon and the controversy that has surrounded it, the change to professionals, change in playing style and the greatest...

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  4. Increase in rail fares of 16% (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Complaints on the 16% increase in rail fares for the South East, problems for commuters. Roger Moate MP and David Crouch MP interviewed according to records but only one unidentified person can be heard....

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  5. Ian Phillips on London fare-dodgers (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Ian Phillips, LT spokesman, on methods to combat fare-dodgers on London public transport. Male interviewer not identified (poss. John Perkins).

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  6. Rail commuter costs increase (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Bob Holness interviews Conservative MP for Braintree, Tony Newton, on continuing British Rail fare increases in London, and the burden this places on commuters. He blames Government policy for the rises.

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  7. Freddie Laker on cheap air travel (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Freddie Laker on the rise in cut-price cross-Atlantic air fares since the introduction of the Skytrain. He thinks it is just a publicity stunt.

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  8. Charles Williams on British Rail efficiency (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Charles Williams, Chairman of the Price Commission, on calls for British Rail to increase efficiency. He looks at the relationships between staff expenses and passenger fares, as well as ways...

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  9. Ray Buckton on British Rail (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Ray Buckton of ASLEF, about the trouble caused by the union’s claim for a special bonus for drivers of high speed trains. Male interviewer not identified.

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  10. Adam Thomson on transatlantic air travel (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Adam Thomson, Chairman of British Caledonian Airways, who explains (in the context of a possible US ban on BC flights to Houston) that Houston is a booming part of the United States and that...

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