The Collectable Elvis (1987)

aka: Elvis Presley music special

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of ‘The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’, Mark Goodier, together with the co-author of the definitive book ‘Elvis U.K.' Gordon Minto, tracks the career and...

A postcard from Strasbourg: June 1987 (1987)

Jim Gibbons takes another look at the European Parliament and sends back his ‘postcard from Strasbourg’

Gilbert White of Selborne: documentary (1987)

Sean Street visits the Hampshire village famous for its beautiful landscape but known above all for being the lifelong home of the 18th century naturalist, Gilbert White. The programme includes extracts from...

Twisting the truth (1987)

For the first time, a chance to hear archive recordings of British propaganda World War II broadcasts to Nazi Germany. In the grounds of Woburn Abbey a complete radio station operated several short wave and...

Hangman: a documentary (1987)

aka: Albert Pierrepoint interview

Albert Pierrepoint was Britain’s most famous executioner during the 1930s-50s. Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hung in Britain, numbers amongst those he executed. In this programme Pierrepoint talks about...

Jane Austen: the Chawton years (1987)

aka: Documentary: Jane Austen - the Chawton Years

Sean Street tours Chawton near Alton in Hampshire with Curator Jean Bowden. The programme includes extracts from Jane Austen’s letters and an interview with the foremost Jane Austen scholar, Lord David...

Cocaine (1987)

Track 3 - The Big Bang in the City of London has led to an explosion not only in business but in the use of the drug cocaine. In this special report, Chris Burns talks to the high flyers who have put their...

A postcard from Strasbourg: October 1987 (1987)

The latest news about the European Parliament and European politics.

Burglary (1987)

A feature produced by Capital Radio about burglary, featuring interviews with those who have been apprehended for the crime.

The King’s Troup (1987)

In October 1947, King George the Sixth inspected a saluting battery of Royal Horse Artillary at their barracks in St. John’s Wood. Before leaving he requested that the Artillary should be known as his...