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10 results found for '"Big Ben"' in Keywords.
Big Ben chimes after 9 months (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Big Ben chiming after nine months. Includes interview with Robert Cooke MP. Reporter not identified
Big Ben adjustment (1982)
- Genre
- Interview; Special
Interview about the readjustment to the Big Ben clock with the addition of a second. Includes sound of the bells. Male speaker and female interviewer not identified.
Greenpeace protesters scale Big Ben (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the action by Greenpeace members who scaled Big Ben to protest against nuclear testing during the G7 World Economic Summit in London. With comment from Greenpeace spokesman Pete Wilkinson and...
Greenpeace Big Ben demo - Climber interviewed (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a Greenpeace activist (poss. Ron Taylor) following his climb up the Big Ben clock tower in central London as part of a demonstration against nuclear testing. Reporter not identified.
Greenpeace Big Ben demo - Renato Ruf interview (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Greenpeace activist Renato Ruf following his climb up the Big Ben clock tower in central London as part of a demonstration against nuclear testing. Reporter not identified.
Greenpeace Big Ben demo (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the scaling of the Big Ben clock tower in central London by Greenpeace activists Renato Ruf and Ron Taylor as part of a demonstration against nuclear testing. Includes interview with Greenpeace...
Uri Geller claims to have stopped Big Ben clock (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Bays reports on spoonbender Uri Geller’s claim that he stopped the clock of Big Ben for three hours. Geller was invited to visit the clock, but warned not to stop it again; however, he will seek...
Whitechapel bell foundry (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Kerry Thomas tours Whitechapel Bell Foundry and asks Richard Brewis about making church bells, how they are made in a traditional method, the life of a bell and his favourite bells.Tuner Arthur Cuthbert...
London’s hottest day for nearly eighty years (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Havovi Todd reports on temperatures rising up to 97 degrees Fahrenheit (or 36 Centigrade) in London. Speaking are Dave Hunting, managing director of a fan company; Arik(?) Sudman, psychologist; Philip Eden,...
Bells of Big Ben (1996)
- Genre
- Special
The bells of Big Ben (apparently striking quarter to the hour).