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8 results found for '"Folklore"' in Keywords.
Press conference on a Loch Ness monster paper (1975)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Press conference featuring British naturalist Peter Scott, co-author of a paper in Nature magazine, on the Loch Ness monster (presented seriously). He explains the renaming of it as Nessiteras rhombopteryx...
Rolf Harris interview - Aboriginal story (1975)
- Genre
- Interview
Entertainer, Rolf Harris tells an Australian Aboriginal story about an Irish emigrant named Daisy Bates. Male interviewer not identified.
Witness to Loch Ness Monster (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Sunderland teacher Jennifer McWish about her sighting of the legendary Loch Ness Monster. She describes its appearance, its length and its movement. Male interviewer not identified.
Hong Kong festival in London (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on and from events at the Hong Kong Festival in Central London. Includes interviews with Canton Law(?); dragon boat race organiser Richard Linning(?); Lieutenant Derek(?) Williams, gun salute...
Loch Ness Monster - Latest evidence (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Roger Acumen(?) and Geoff Watson of the Loch Ness Society on sightings of the Loch Ness Monster, and photographs which they allege prove the existence of the beast. Sceptical male interviewer not identified...
Ken Russell on Lair of the White Worm (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Film director Ken Russell talks to Carol Allen about his new spoof horror film Lair of the White Worm filmed in Derbyshire based on a book by Bram Stoker; a cameraman saying he saw the Loch Ness monster;...
Summer solstice activities banned at Stonehenge (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report on the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge where a nude protest may take place following the banning of any activity near the protected site after violent clashes in previous years. Archive material from...
Michael Hordern on new role (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Barney Burnham interviews Sir Michael Hordern on the Artbeat programme as the actor prepares for his speaking role in the opera, Der Freischutz at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. On the role, and his...