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  • AIDS (1985)

    It has been suggested that one third of gay men in London now carry the AIDS virus. Doctors have predicted 10,000 deaths in the capital by 1989, spreading across the nation as time goes on. This programme...

  • Insurance/Assurance week (1985)

    A four part series, each part comprising five features, which covers all aspects of insurance and assurance. Part one entitled ‘Arranging Your Affairs’, deals with such topics and wills and capital...

  • Celebrity interview (1985)

    aka: Bob Holness talks to David Puttnam

    Award-winning British film producer best known for ‘Chariots of Fire’, in conversation with Bob Holness

  • A Portrait of Jane Austen: Lord David Cecil in conversation with Sean Street (1985)

    Sean Street talks to Lord David Cecil, President of the Jane Austen Society and one of the top scholars and experts on the writer. In this programme, one of Lord Cecil’s rare interviews, he talks about the...

  • A head on my shoulders: the diary of Dame Alice Lisle (1985)

    aka: Vesper Hunter in conversation with Sean Street

    Three hundred years ago on September 3rd (1685), Dame Alice Lisle of Moyles Court near Ringwood was executed for giving shelter to two supporters of the Monmouth Rebellion. Now Vesper Hunter, an author who...

  • The Everley Brothers in their own words (1985)

    An exclusive interview with Phil Everly recorded by lifelong fan Mike Sweeney, during the Everly Brothers recent British tour. The programme is a mix of live concert recording and interview segments.

  • Garry Daley ('China Crisis’ band) (1985)

    Jonathan Richards talks to Gary Daley, shy and sensitive leadsinger and songwriter of Liverpool band ‘China Crisis’. The interview looks in detail at the recording of the band’s third album, ‘Flaunt the...

  • Stewart Copeland (from ‘The Police’ Group) (1985)

    With Sting of super group ‘The Police’ recently playing a live solo concert in New York, the music press has been full of rumours about the possible split of the band. In this interview Stewart Copeland...

  • Count Basie - His life and times (1985)

    Keith Howell looks at the life and times of the great American band leader and pianist who died a year ago (1984).

  • Duffy meets Michael Palin (1985)

    Sheila Duffy talks to actor, director, ex-Python, Ripping Yarns creator, railway enthusiastic, explorer...Michael Palin