LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Our kind of town

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Vox pop; Music

TX Date

9 Nov 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:53:52

Description

Steve Allen and Tara Jeffries present this week’s edition of Our Kind of Town investigating the ghosts of London. Speaking are: London public; Theatre Manager at the Adelphi Theatre, Bill Porter and Stage Manager Bob West; General Manager of the Royal Theatre, Drury Lane, George Hoare; parapsychologist Andrew Green; Assistant Editor of Psychic News, Tony Ortzen; a yeoman warder at the Tower of London (not identified); sceptical professor John Taylor(?); author Jack Hallam; London tour guide, Graham Watson. Music is played halfway through the programme and at the end.

Contributors

Steve Allen; Bill Porter; George Hoare; Andrew Green; Tara Jeffries; Bob West; Tony Ortzen; John Taylor(?); Jack Hallam; Graham Watson

Keywords

Actors; London; Paranormal phenomena; Religion; Tower of London; Films; Periodicals; History; Theatres; Bank of England; Dogs; Ghosts; Theatre Royal; Witches; Adelphi Theatre; Healers; Sarah Whitehead; Philip Whitehead; William Terris; Richard Prince; Dan Leno; Parapsychologists; Psychic News; Nell Gwyn; Salisbury Hall; Borley Church

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