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5 results found for '"Blindness"' in Keywords.
IRA bomb survivors (1981)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Documentary on survivors of IRA bomb attacks, presented by Di Latham. Interviewees are Major-General Sir Steuart Pringle, who survived an IRA bomb attack (17/10/81) but lost a leg as a result; Ray Hassan(?),...
Suresh Joshi on Bhopal gas disaster (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Broadcaster Suresh Joshi recalls the horror of seeing the victims of the Bhopal gas leak (03/12/84). He thinks that more than 6,000 people have died, and says most people do not know what happened. The...
Inquest into death of disabled woman in squalid conditions (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Davina Payne reports on calls for a public inquiry and legislative change in light of the case of Beverly Lewis, the deaf, blind and disabled woman who died in squalor at the home she shared with her...
Aldous Huxley wrote in the dark (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Archive clip in which the writer Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) tells how, as a youth, he contracted keratitis punctata and later went blind. He also recalls his first book, which he never read. Interviewer not...
David Blunkett on life, disability and politics (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; Trailer
Labour MP for Sheffield David Blunkett speaks to Frank Bough about his autobiography On a Clear Day which focuses on his early life and how he got into politics. He talks about overcoming his disability,...