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  1. Marconi transatlantic broadcast 80th anniversary (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Special

    Report on the 80th anniversary and celebrations of the first transatlantic broadcast by Marconi. Includes morse code example; Ron Legerden(?) re-enacting the broadcast, speaking in Cornwall to Newfoundland...

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  2. 60 years of radio (1982)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Jingle; Special

    The development of sound broadcasting, Guglielmo Marconi, and the wireless and beginnings at Chelmsford, Essex. Betty Hantz, Marconi historian, tells of his life from childhood, his interest in wireless...

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  3. Network (1982)

    Genre
    Discussion; Documentary; Interview; Jingle; Special

    60 Years of Radio, originally broadcast by Essex Radio who have set up a radio station in the birthplace of radio, Chelmsford. Betty Hantz, Marconi historian, tells of Marconi’s life from his childhood,...

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  4. Satellite television proposals (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Paul Maurice reports on the Home Office decision to give the go-ahead for the launch of satellite television services in the UK, and proposals for service in cooperation between British Telecom, Marconi, and...

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  5. Marconi scientists’ deaths lead to conspiracy theories (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    The electrocution of 60 year-old Marconi employee, John Ferry has again sparked conspiracy theories as he is the sixth employee working on a top secret project who has died in suspicious circumstances....

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  6. Life of Marconi and the development of the wireless (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary

    Documentary on the development of sound broadcasting and the wireless and Marconi, the man and his company prominent in that field. Betty Hance, Marconi company historian tells of the early years. Keith...

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  7. Electronic tagging experiment begins in Nottingham (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with John Surman, Marconi, on the first electronic tagging system in the UK. The first offenders will be tagged in Nottingham. Borderline remand prisoners, who otherwise would go to prison while...

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