LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Look back in hope

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Poetry

TX Date

1 Jan 1982

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:49:01

Description

Look Back In Hope, presented by Lawrence Spicer. A programme about the International Year of Disabled Persons, organised by the United Nations. Bob Holness reads a poem about disability by Roger McGough and interviews campaign president Lord Snowdon (Antony Armstrong-Jones). Lawrence Spicer interviews campaign workers Keith Howe and Carolyn Keane; writer and mouth painter Christine Smith, who suffers from muscular dystrophy; Dr Wendy Greengrass, who works for disabled charity SPOD; Jenny, who suffers from multiple sclerosis; pupils of St Paul’s Girls’ School, London. In four parts, divided by breaks in audio.

Contributors

Bob Holness; Lawrence Spicer; Antony Armstrong-Jones; Keith Howes; Carolyn Keane; Christine Smith; Wendy Greengrass

Keywords

Books; Authors; UN; Discrimination; Disabilities; Painters; Muscular dystrophy; Attitudes; Multiple sclerosis; Prejudice; Roger McGough; Wheelchairs; Neuromuscular diseases

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