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10 results found for '"Experiments"' in Keywords.
Hayes at the weekend (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Brian Hayes speaks to Richard Adams, author of recently-published novel, The Plague Dogs. Adams talks about the subjects of his books, the animation of Watership Down, his reluctance to be typecast as a...
Calls for end to experiments on animals (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with John Evans, Vice-Chairman of the Anti-Vivisection Society calling for the end of experimental research on animals. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Vivian White).
Pub customers on background music affecting beer taste (1977)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Unidentified female reporter putting to the test with male customers the results of an experiment which concluded that beer tastes more watery or nauseating when raucous background music is played in pubs....
Hayes on Sunday (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Talk show
Hayes on Sunday, with Paul Ingrams standing in for Brian Hayes revisits the week’s shows. Guests include James Porter, Director of the Commonwealth Institute in London, on the Commonwealth Conference;...
Anti-vivisection protests (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about the protests in Salisbury and at Porton Down military establishment nearby by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection. Female speaker and interviewer not identified.
Babraham animals experiments criticised (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Bob Holness interviews a spokesman for the animal rights movement (not identified) about animal experiments conducted at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge
10th flight of Challenger Space Shuttle (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Andrew Manderstam reports on the launch of the 10th flight of the Challenger Space Shuttle, beginning with the countdown. Commander Vance Brand controlled the flight into the Florida sky. The shuttle has a...
Alan Johnstone on Giotto space satellite (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Scientist Dr Alan Johnstone on the European satellite, Giotto, damage to which has affected its mission to Halley’s Comet. Johnstone describes the damage, after which only three of ten experiments were...
UK scientists say they cannot duplicate cold fusion (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Oni Bhattacharya interviews Michael Kenwood, editor of the New Scientist magazine, about research at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s Harwell laboratory which proved that hopes that cold nuclear fusion...
Animal Liberation Front is not violent (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference by Robin Webb?, press officer for the Animal Liberation Front, denying the ALF is a violent organisation as it only attacks property not people. Answers press questions.