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14 results found for '"English Channel"' in Keywords.
Channel swim record success (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Cindy Nicholas after swimming the English Channel both ways and knocking 10 hours 5 mins off the previous record.
Kevin Murphy gives up on Channel swim race (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Journalist Kevin Murphy explains why he chose to give up in a race swimming across the English Channel and his upcoming attempt at a 3-away crossing. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Chris...
Ships St Germain and Artadi collide (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Paul Beard reports on the collision of French train ferry St Germain with Liberian bulk carrier Artadi in fog, in the English Channel. Killed on the St Germain were schoolboy Nigel Bridgeman and a French...
Marcus Hooper on cross-channel swim (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with 12-year-old Marcus Hooper following his cross-channel swim, the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel. Male interviewer not identified. Mono poor quality recording.
Ferry-freighter collision in Channel (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Bob Holness interviews a male eyewitness (not identified) after a Belgian ferry collided with a German freighter in the English Channel.
Jon Erikson on English Channel attempt (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
American, Jon Erikson on his attempt to swim the English Channel three ways, non-stop. Male interviewer not identified.
Across the Channel (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
Across the Channel: Channel Swim race. Report on the cross-Channel swimming race, 1981 including talking to competitors before and after. Interviews and speeches: Cindy Nicholas, Kevin McIntosh, Ian Muir,...
Channel Tunnel Group and Venturers propose English Channel crossing (1981)
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- News report; Interview
Report on proposals for the Channel Tunnel. Includes interviews with London Central Europe MP, Sir David Nicholson, who is leading the European Channel Tunnel Group, and Ian MacGregor of British Steel, who...
Greenpeace protest nuclear cargo ships (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the plan by Greenpeace to intercept vessels carrying nuclear materials in the North Sea and English Channel following the recent sinking of the Mont Louis uranium cargo ship in the Channel....
English Channel attempt - Death of Renata Agondi (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Swim pilot Michael Oram speaks to reporter Kevin Murphy via radio telephone from the middle of the English Channel, following the death of 25 year-old Brazilian, Renata Agondi, who was attempting to swim the...