Missing boy Lester Chapman

Title
Missing boy Lester Chapman
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
23 Jan 1978
Year of production
1978
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Duration
00:04:20
Description
Report on the door-to-door search for missing boy Lester Chapman,8, from Reading in Berkshire. Includes interview with neighbours Joan Nicholson and Grace Price. His body was later found on a rubbish tip and he was found to have died from exposure. Male reporter not identified.
Contributors
Joan Nicholson; Grace Price
Keywords
Deaths; Police; Children (age group); Berkshire; Missing persons; Search and rescue operations; Lester Chapman; Reading

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LBC/IRN, "Missing boy Lester Chapman". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0002100084008 (Accessed 15 Apr 2026)